SystemSecurity
Reports of Rogue Antivirus programs have been more prevalent as of late. These are programs that generate misleading alerts and false detections in order to convince users to purchase illegitimate security software. Some of these programs may display product names or logos in an apparently unlawful attempt to impersonate Microsoft products. These products may represent themselves as “Antivirus XP”, “AntivirusXP 2008”, “WinDefender 2008”, “XP Antivirus”, or similar.
Rogue:Win32/InternetAntivirus
Windows Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat. See the Win32/InternetAntivirus description for more information.
Rogue:Win32/Defmid
Windows Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat. See the Win32/Defmid description for more information.
Rogue:Win32/Winwebsec
Windows Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat. See the Win32/Winwebsec description for more information.
Rogue:JS/Winwebsec
Windows Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat. See the Win32/Winwebsec description for more information.
Win32/Winwebsec
Microsoft security software detects and removes this family of threats.
This family of rogue security programs pretend to scan your PC for malware, and often report lots of infections. The program will say you have to pay for it before it can fully clean your PC.
However, the program hasn't really detected any malware at all and isn't really an antivirus or antimalware scanner. It just looks like one so you'll send money to the people who made the program. Some of these programs use product names or logos that unlawfully impersonate Microsoft products.
Even if you do pay to "unlock" the app, it won't do anything because your PC isn't actually infected with all that malware it "found".
Different brands of the rogues may modify various settings on your computer, end or close programs or system services, or block access to websites.
by other malware.
You can read more on our rogue page.