How to Stay Safe from Rogue Anti-Viruses: Windows Anti-Virus Pro

Most rogue anti-viruses just pretend to scan your computer and display false threats. But there is one rogue anti-virus that does more than just steal your money. 'Windows anti-virus pro' is a rogue anti-virus that makes all of your programs  stop working (by deleting an important file) unless you buy their program.

You get infected the same way as any other rogue anti-virus, it displays pop up adds saying your computer is at risk, takes you to their website and makes you download their program. It displays the fake threats it 'found' and makes you buy their program. If you don't, it displays a message saying that a virus could disable some of your programs. It disables every .exe file you have on your computer, which could also make your computer stop from booting up because it deleted a program that enabled windows to run.

You can also get infected by Windows anti-virus pro by clicking a Google search result that said it was something else, but redirects you to a Windows anti-virus pro website. Reformatting your computer won't help, as it will just come back. But there is a way to remove it by following this guide.

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