Giving Antivirus Pro 2010 The Flick Once And For All.

Antivirus Pro 2010: A Rogue Program

What do Antivirus Pro 2010, PC AntiSpyware 2010, Home Antivirus 2010, PC Security 2009, and XP AntiSpyware 2009 have in common? While they sound like computer security programs, they are actually a family of rogue antivirus programs. Unlike your legitimate security software, rogue programs cannot scan your computer, nor can they fix any threats to your system.

When you start your computer, Antivirus Pro 2010 starts running a false scan. It will issue the results, indicating that it has found several threats. The “threats” are meaningless and harmless files created by Antivirus Pro 2010 in order to convince you of risks. In other words, they help create the illusion of a threat.

How Rogue Programs like Antivirus Pro 2010 Access Your System

Antivirus Pro 2010 can be installed directly by the computer user. This can happen in two ways: they visit a website that advertises Antivirus Pro 2010 and opt to purchase it, or they are convinced by the pop-ups on their computer that they have several security threats that need to be resolved immediately. They purchase the licensed version of the program, which, as it turns out, is no different from the trial or free version.

More commonly, Antivirus Pro 2010 is brought into your system via the Trojan Zlob. This particular Trojan disguises itself as a video codec. You need a codec both to compress data and to decompress it, so when you download a video online, you need the codec to play it. This is how Zlob gains entry. Antivirus Pro 2010 is deposited into your system. Zlob is known to hide in sites that offer free or inexpensive videos, particularly those on sites with adult content.