Protect yourself from fake anti-virus programs

Most people have anti-virus software on their computer. And this keeps a lot of the popular types of viruses at bay. But one of the most common virus infections we see in the shop, rarely gets detected by your Norton or McAfee and can also con you out of £50.

This new breed of virus uses a variety of methods to trick you into downloading a piece of software. Once you allow this program to install, it takes over your machine and effectively holds your computer to ransom until you "activate" it for around £50. Of course if you do hand over the money, the crooks also have your credit card details and to make matters worse you are still infected!

In our latest video, we show a live infection of a Windows 7 machine with a very popular and typical version of this rogue security software called Security Shield. We show how you can avoid getting infected in the first place and how you can try and remove the virus yourselves. We also show how using Malware Bytes Pro Edition available from The Technology Company, together with your usual virus guard will prevent future infections in the majority of cases.