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HOW TO DEAL WITH COMPUTER VIRUSES Rogue Software: Attempts to trick you into downloading it. The pop ups may look legitimate and may look very similar to your own anti- virus protection and that is what makes them dangerous. You may be searching the Internet looking to fix a computer issue or to install new virus protection and your search might include some of these rogue security software programs that you mistakenly install. When they come into your computer they might: turn off your firewall, turn off your windows updates, restrict you from accessing the Internet, display pop up scans indicating you have multiple viruses, alert you to quickly purchase their products, disable your legitimate virus protection, hide all icons on your desktop, start me nu, all programs etc. Browser Hijack: - Changes web browser’s default home page to a particular web site without asking for user permission. - Changes web browser’s default search page to a predetermined web site without user consent. - Redirects a web browser to a predefined site whenever the user enters invalid address or performs an Internet search. - Modifies essential web browser settings, decreases default security level and adds undesirable or insecure resources to the Trusted sites list. - Creates numerous links to advertising pages, places desktop shortcuts to marketing sites, adds multiple bookmarks to the web browser’s Favorites list. - Tracks user’s web browsing habits, records addresses of visited sites and sends collected data to a remote server. - Complicates usual web surfing, blocks some reputable Internet resources, opens different web sites instead of requested ones. - Degrades overall web browser stability and performance. - Provides no uni