Privacy Protection - a New Member in the Family of Rogues

PRLog (Press Release) - Nov. 14, 2011 - Privacy Protection is a rogue antivirus program that belongs to the same family of rogues as infamous Malware Protection. It is installed to random computer systems with a help of Trojan viruses that are able to infiltrate infections without users’ knowledge.

Once started Privacy Protection (http://www.2-viruses.com/remove-privacy-protection) runs system scanner which displays fake scan results. The program claims to detect tons of threats on your machine which must be removed as soon as possible. It also recommends getting a full version of Privacy Protection as the best way to clean your system from infections.

In addition, the program displays tons of fake security notifications and pop up ads reminding that your system is infected and offering you purchasing a so called licensed version of Privacy Protection again. Moreover, you will receive some firewall warnings too. It will warn that hidden file transfers to remote host has been detected, the leak of files through the Internet has been detected and so on. Activation of Privacy Protection will be recommended again in order to protect your computer.

Most of the executables that you have been using normally will be blocked too so you will not be able to run many of your legitimate applications. The creators of Privacy Protection have thought about this step carefully before launching the program. This ensures that Privacy Protection will not be eliminated by any of your legitimate security tools.
You shouldn’t trust any of the warnings by Privacy Protection. Most importantly, you shouldn’t pay for this program under any circumstances. If you have made a payment already, please contact your credit card company and dispute the charges as soon as possible. Otherwise, your money will go to the hands of cyber criminals and you will still have a problem on your computer.

If you have noticed this type of activity on your machine, make sure to get rid of Privacy Protection (http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-privacy-protection.html) using a reliable antispyware tool. Run a full system scan with it and eliminate this badware without any hesitations. Take care of a good protection of your computer system and you will avoid such infections in future.