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Microsoft Security Essentials Alert Virus Designed to Mimic Microsoft Only to Extort Money

The Microsoft Security Essentials Alert Virus has been ousted as a malware threat that purposely mimics Microsoft’s legitimate security essentials app only to foil PC users to the point that hackers can extort money.

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PRLog (Press Release) - Mar. 5, 2013 - Microsoft Security Essentials Alert Virus is a ransomware notification that usually displays pop-up alerts and a deceptive message making claims of detecting illegal activities. Much of the message from Microsoft Security Essentials Alert Virus is one that exploits malware scans or even asks that a fee be paid by the PC user.

Microsoft Security Essentials Alert Virus should not be taken literally as it is designed to mislead PC users. Similar to many rogue antispyware programs, the Microsoft Security Essentials Alert Virus creates an environment that makes it look like a legitimate application. In the case of Microsoft Security Essentials Alert Virus, it tends to resemble the legitimate Microsoft Security Essentials application and even display pop-up messages that claim to be a Microsoft-type notification.

Many security sites have released a report to address recent malware threats. One site in particular, EnigmaSoftware.com has released a new Microsoft Security Essentials Alert Virus removal report where it addresses the need for PC users to remove the Microsoft Security Essentials Alert Virus from their PC.

The latest Microsoft Security Essentials Alert Virus pop-up message is similar to a recent rash of ransomware threats. The new removal report on EnigmaSoftware.com was updated with the proper resources to detect the latest Microsoft Security Essentials Alert Virus along with any other related ransomware threat like Ukash Virus.

The latest Microsoft Security Essentials Alert Virus removal report, made available at http://www.enigmasoftware.com/microsoftsecurityessentials..., is a detailed and descriptive analysis of this threat and provides the needed resources to remove Microsoft Security Essentials Alert Virus automatically from an infected PC. PC users will no longer need to continually hunt for a solution to remove the Microsoft Security Essentials Alert Virus when they load the recent removal report.

Computer users who may encounter a Microsoft Security Essentials Alert Virus pop-up message should take action without hesitation to remove Microsoft Security Essentials Alert Virus before it causes damage or renders their PC useless for performing normal functions.

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Source:EnigmaSoftware.com
Country:United States
Industry:Computer, Internet
Tags:microsoft security removal, remove ms essentials
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