It is of crucial importance to completely delete Windows Crucial Scanner rogue anti-spyware from your computer. If you believe that this application might be beneficial to you please ask others about this program. You may find out from various online security forms that this is nothing but a scareware device that can’t help you to make your system function better. In fact, it terribly slows your PC down without giving you the opportunity to erase this Trojan from your computer. What we mean is that this device doesn’t come with uninstaller, so you can’t remove it like all other applications that are decent and legitimate.
Here is the brief list of problems this particular hoax causes:
- Blocking Task Manager by replacing it with its own, fake one.
- Blocking downloads of legitimate security software.
- Blocking execution of available anti-viruses (already installed on infected computer).
- Showing permanent alerts, warnings and notifications about fake infections detected.
- Prompting users into paying for the license of the rogue.
- Possible browser redirect problems.
- General system slowdown.
Windows Crucial Scanner is a fake scanner, in fact. This malicious tool doesn’t want to miss a chance to rip you off, this is why it invents all kinds of techniques and traps for user to come to the special page where he/she is instructed to effect the payment for this badware. This is not something new, by the way. All rogues act likewise. This particular one, however, differs because it lasts only for one day. The chances are that tomorrow totally different name for the similar hoax will be chosen by hackers, being subsequently launched into the world wide web. Whether this happens or not, you must now remove this scareware from your system without waiting too much. Try downloading one of the programs (or several ones) reviewed in the right-hand sidebar of this blog. If you can’t download or install it onto your system you may try rebooting your system into safe mode with networking.
Rogue’s screenshot:
Fake security warnings of this malware program:
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Serious slowdown in system performance.
To eliminate the causes, full check is recommended.
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Trojan activity detected. System data security is at risk.
It is recommended to activate protection and fun full system scan.
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There’s a suspicious software running on your PC.
For more details, run a system file check.
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Potential malware detected.
It is recommended to activate the protection and perform a thorough system scan to remove the malware.
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Keylogger activity detected. System information security is at risk.
It is recommended to activate protection and run a full system scan.
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System data security is at risk!
To prevent potential PC errors, run a full system scan.
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Attempt to run a potentially dangerous script detected.
Full system scan is highly recommended.
Warning! Virus detected. Threat detected: Trojan.MSIL.Agent
Warning! Virus detected. Threat detected: Client-P2P
Warning! Virus detected. Threat detected: Trojan-ArcBomb
Warning! Identity theft attempt detected
Torrent Alert
Recommended: Please use secure encrypted protocol for torrent links.
Torrent link detected!
Receiving this notification means that you have violated the copyright laws. Using Torrent for downloading movies and licensed software shall be prosecuted and you may be sued for cybercrime and breach of law under the SOPA legislation.
Warning! Spambot detected!
Attention! A spambot sending viruses from your e-mail has been detected on your PC.
Warning
Firewall has blocked a program from accessing the Internet
File xx is suspected to have infected your PC. This type of virus intercepts entered data and transmits them to a remove server.
How to reboot your PC into safe mode with networking:
- Restart your PC through “Start” menu by selecting the respective command.
- Before Windows OS starts booting press “F8” button of your keyboard repeatedly by hitting it and releasing several times simultaneously.
- The following windows comes up:
- Using the arrow keys on your keyboard select the “Safe Mode with Networking” option.
