System Repair

The fake system repair virus is a malicious software posing as a reliable security tool. Target victims of the system repair malware are computer users who are prone to believe that vulnerability and security issues in their PC can be fixed by getting the popup adverted system repair tool. *

“System Repair” Symptoms
Like a number of rogue antiviruses, the system repair fake antivirus is characterized by causing infected computers to show misleading warnings. The system repair popups, for example, may display that a scan has detected certain viruses, trojans and worms in the computer. These malwares, however, do not exist. They were intentionally showed by the virus that displayed as system repair so computer users would easily bite on the bait. Do not fall to the deceits of the system repair scam.

Fake antiviruses that are similar to the system repair malware include the rogue active security protection and errorkill. You may want to follow the guide below on how to remove system repair popups from an infected PC.

System Repair removal: How to get rid of the System repair virus

* Reboot your computer in Safe mode with networking. Do this by restarting your PC and pressing the F8 key after hearing your computer beep on startup. Once the Windows Advanced Options menu appears, select Safe mode with networking and then press ENTER.

* Download Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware.
* Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
* At the end, be sure a check-mark is placed next to the following:

Update Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware
Launch Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware

* Click Finish.
* If an update is found, Malbytes anti malware will download and install the latest version.
* Once the program has loaded, select Perform quick scan, then click Scan.
* When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
* Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected. Reboot your computer if prompted.
* When completed, a log will open in Notepad.