Sirius Win 7 Antivirus 2014 belongs to the Rogue.FakeRean-Braviax family of rogue antivirus programs. Sirius Win 7 Antivirus 2014 performs a full system scan and displays numerous notifications and security alerts about a large number of malware infections supposedly present on the computer. In order to get rid of them, the user is asked to purchase the full version of the software. Experts warn that neither the scan results nor the threats are real, so buying the licensed Sirius Win 7 Antivirus 2014 is unnecessary. The only threat on the compromised machine is the program itself.
How Does Sirius Win 7 Antivirus 2014 Enter the User‘s Computer?
Sirius Win 7 Antivirus 2014 is usually promoted through hacked websites, Trojans, pretending to be legitimate programs and fake program updates. Sirius Win 7 Antivirus 2014 can also be delivered via bundled downloads of free of charge applications and programs. Users are advised to be attentive when they download and install software from the Web and always select the Advanced options.
What Does Sirius Win 7 Antivirus 2014 Do?
Upon installation, the rogue antivirus software will be configured to start as you launch a program on your PC. Sirius Win 7 Antivirus 2014 will then perform a system scan and display security alert messages stating something in the lines of:
→“System Hijack!
A Security threat has been detected. Viruses may be damaging your system. Stop the infection and data loss!”
The displayed warnings are of no true value, and users are advised not to purchase the licensed version of the program. Sirius Win 7 Antivirus 2014 tries to protect itself from being deleted by terminating the programs the user tries to run on the compromised PC. In these cases, the rogue displays a message stating that the computer is infected with Trojan-BNK.Win32.Keylogger.gen. Experts assure you that your files are safe and urge you to ignore the message.
Should You Remove Sirius Win 7 Antivirus 2014 from Your Computer?
Security researchers advise users to remove this rogue program from their systems as soon as possible. The displayed alerts only aim to scare the user into buying a product he doesn’t need in order to fix problems that do not exist. Sirius Win 7 Antivirus 2014 can be removed with the help of a legitimate antivirus program.
From the Same Rogue Antivirus Family of Infections:
Sirius Win 7 Protection 2014
Sirius Win XP Antivirus 2014
Sirius Win XP Protection 2014
Sirius Win 8 Antivirus 2014
Sirius Win 8 Protection 2014
Spy Hunter FREE scanner will only detect the threat. If you want the threat to be automatically removed, you need to purchase the full version of the malware tool.
