Megasecurityblog.net

This article provides information on the Megasecurityblog.net hijacker that promotes fake antivirus protection softwares.

Perpetrators of fake antivirus protection softwares such as the security tool virus and the system security use browser hijacking schemes to promote their rogue security softwares.

Megasecurityblog.net Scam
The Megasecurityblog.net malware may modify your computer's setting to lead you into an attack site that may either inject malwares into your computer or promote one of the fake antivirus protection softwares.

Symptoms of Megasecurityblog.net infection
Among the things that you may notice once your computer is infected by Mega security blog include popups or fake system scans and changes in your home page's settings. The Megasecurity blog hijacker may even point you to sites that you do not intend to visit.

Do note that "security softwares" promoted via popups and browser hijackers are likely rogue applications. Do not bother to purchase these fake antiviruses. Get rid of them by running Malwarebytes in your system.

For more information on how to remove these fake security programs, you may want to read the following articles:

How to get rid of security tool
How to remove windows defender 2010 virus

For information on restoring internet explorer from broswer hijackers, you may want to read this browser hijacker removal post from Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/protect/terms/hijacking.aspx