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Contributed by: Aurelija
Date: January 15, 2010
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You Should Really Be Scared Of Ghost Antivirus!

 

Be ready to meet a new ghost! However, nothing mysterious has happened. No disembodied souls or spirits are attacking us. I'm talking here about a new rogue anti-spyware - Ghost Antivirus - increasingly infecting more and more unaware computer users and their systems. Therefore, let's find out what has to be known about this malicious application. And is there a way to avoid Ghost Antivirus attacking our PCs. 

First of all, it's very important to note that a legitimate application with the same name does exist; so stay extremely alert and don't mix the rogue with a real and trustworthy security application. Take a look at the screenshot with the layout of Ghost Antivirus rogue anti-spyware:

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Ghost Antivirus, which can also be found under the name GhostAntivirus, is a variant of the fake spyware remover Internet Antivirus Pro. Similarly to other rogue applications, Ghost Antivirus uses various manipulative tactics in order to gain access to your computer. Very often it may infiltrate your system with the help of Trojans and through security vulnerabilities. The program can also be downloaded from its malicious website g h o s t a n t i v i r u s . c o m. Don't visit this site!

Upon installation, Ghost Antivirus configures itself to start automatically each time when the infected computer is turned on. That means that each time you boot Windows, Ghost Antivirus will start performing fake system scans. After this scan you will definitely start receiving a huge number of security warnings and system notifications claiming that your system is infected with terrible parasites. All you have to do then is buy the full version of the program. However, don't get trapped because Ghost Antivirus won't resolve any security problems on your PC.

Therefore, I'd highly recommend you not to believe in anything these cyber criminals are trying to convince you of. Ghost Antivirus can neither protect your PC, nor remove any parasites from it. The only aim of cyber criminals is to make you purchase the full version of this useless application. Don't become their victim! And don't forget to keep an eye out for my next article with the analysis of Ghost antivirus malicious website.

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