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.

Read the guide I supplied you on another computer and download the files you need in a flash drive and put it in your computer. As you can probably tell, this is one of the worst rogue anti-virus's right now. If you want to stay safe with these, just follow these simple steps.

1. Never download anything from a pop up, no matter how cool it sounds.

2. Never download anything from an advertisement banner, no matter how cool it may sound.

3. Look up the site your on mywot.com and see what they rated it and read the comments.

4. Anti-viruses will never just scan your computer and not delete viruses, even if it is a free version.

5. Microsoft's only anti virus is "Windows Defender", if you have any other anti-virus with Microsoft in its name, it's probably rogue.

6. Try to avoid file sharing sites.

7. Never download a full version of a game for free. It's not just unlawful; it could also contain malware packed inside it.

8. If you're visiting a site that says it's something different but than automatically scans your computer, its rogue. Press Alt f4 as soon as possible when you enter the site.

Remember to stay safe on the net!