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Rogue/Fake Antivirus Malware

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Security Tool is just one of many fake antivirus applications like Antivirus Live, Advanced Virus Remover, Internet Security 2010, and others that hold your computer hostage until you pay their ransom money. They tell you that your PC is infected with fake viruses, and prevent you from doing anything to remove them.

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This particular virus blocks you from doing most things, like Task Manager…

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It also gives you loads of error messages that just seem to pop up constantly.

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And worse, it blocks you from running malware removal tools:

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Call us today and we can remove these on site (281) 536-6950

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Rogue/Fake Antivirus Malware

Security Tool is just one of many fake antivirus applications like Antivirus Live, Advanced Virus Remover, Internet Security 2010, and others that hold your computer hostage until you pay their ransom money. They tell you that your PC is infected with fake viruses, and prevent you from doing anything to remove them.

This particular virus blocks you from doing most things, like Task Manager…

It also gives you loads of error messages that just seem to pop up constantly.

And worse, it blocks you from running malware removal tools:

Call us today and we can remove these on site (281) 536-6950

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