ESET Smart Security Enhanced Protection Mode Virus

It has become increasingly more and more difficult for users to distinguish between legitimate security tools and rubbish rogue applications like ESET Smart Security Enhanced Protection Mode Virus. This rogue actually stole the name of a legitimate antivirus application so as to trick its victims into believing that it is a legitimate application. The problem is that ESET Smart Security Enhanced Protection Mode Virus is nothing more than a malicious infection and an empty shell. It does not have the capability to protect a PC from any type of threat, and its sole intention is to rip PC owners off.

ESET Smart Security Enhanced Protection Mode Virus has been reported as being distributed via fake Adobe Flash downloads obtained from suspect third party websites. Never download an Adobe related update or product unless it is from the original Adobe website itself, as it may very well be infected with bundled malware and Trojans. Other popular forms of distribution include Facebook, where ESET Smart Security Enhanced Protection Mode Virus makes posts on users’ walls which if clicked on will redirect the user to a compromised landing page where the ESET Smart Security Enhanced Protection Mode Virus infection will infiltrate the system.

In a further attempt to trick the users into thinking it is dealing with the real ESET antivirus application, ESET Smart Security Enhanced Protection Mode Virus will use all of the original application’s GUI and icons. The user will be led to believe that his PC is protected and that he is safe, while in the meantime his sensitive information is being stolen.

Other symptoms associated with the ESET Smart Security Enhanced Protection Mode Virus infection include the user being unable to connect to the Internet, as well as the inability to launch any type of application on the system. This is done in an effort to prevent the user from running or downloading any type of application which may identify and remove ESET Smart Security Enhanced Protection Mode Virus from the system. Other symptoms may vary from increased erratic system behavior, legitimate looking pop up messages acting as fake security alerts and poor system performance.

To limit the scope of the damage that this rogue will be able to cause, you need to destroy ESET Smart Security Enhanced Protection Mode Virus before it destroys your PC. This can easily be done by making use of a genuine security tool which will not only erase ESET Smart Security Enhanced Protection Mode Virus but also protect your system against similar attacks in future.