Recommendations... Windows Security Center Pop-up Alert

Recommendations…Windows Security Center Pop-up is the latest fake threat pop-up message alert, which one needs to be aware of. This particular pop-up alert will appear on a computer system that is infected with a rogue antispyware application.

Recommendations…Windows Security Center Pop-up is affiliated with the following rogue antispyware applications: SecurityFighter, SaveArmor, SaveDefender, TrustWarrior, QuickHealCleaner, SoftSafeness, BlockDefense, SafetyKeeper, WiniFighter and SystemCop.

A computer system infiltrated with any of the above rogue antispyware will display the following Recommendations…Windows Security Center Pop-up message, (bearing in mind that dependent on which rogue application has infiltrated a system, this rogue will be propagated. Accordingly, the example below is what a computer infected with the SecurityFighter rogue tool will display):

“Windows Security Center
Your computer is infected by spyware – threat have been found while scanning your files and registry. It is strongly recommended that you disinfect your PC and activate Realtime protection against future intrusions.

Recommendation
Register the SecurityFighter antispyware to clean your computer and prevent new security and privacy attacks. You will be able to downloads database updates and get online protection against Internet attacks”

The aim of this pop-up alert message is to coerce the unsuspecting PC user into purchasing the full version of these fake rogue applications.

One can clearly see that this pop-up message is a fake, as the grammar errors are quite transparent, once again proving that these scammers will do anything to gain money from computer users.

The following symptoms will indicate that a rogue application is present in a PC system:

•slower system performance
•limited internet usage
•overall malfunctioning
•computer has become very unstable and very unreliable.
•loads of pop-up messages are being generated from the machine
•security notifications alerting to bad threats that it claims to have running on the computer system.

It is highly important to remove the rogue application affiliated with Recommendations…Windows Security Center Pop-up, as its presence will only further downgrade the integrity of any computer system.

Although manual removal is sometimes optimal, in terms of ridding a system of nefarious applications, it is best left to tech-savvy individuals who know their way around the registry.

It is therefore highly recommended to utilize the services of an up to date, fully functional and most importantly – legitimate – antispyware application, in order to rid the infected system of the rogue application and all its components.