ContraVirus is a fake antivirus program that is being distributed all over the Internet via Trojan infections. There are a lot of rogue antispyware raging around these days, so it is extremely important to protect your computer and yourself from something like ContraVirus. Rogues bring double damage, because they slow down your system and aims to steal your money, by tricking you into paying for a security program that does not work.
Usually ContraVirus is downloaded as Trojan horse infection, and sometimes it can even be bundled with other software. Since it is distributed by Trojans, it is possible that you might download ContraVirus yourself while downloading a shareware program. That way the rogue enters your system without your knowledge or consent and then roots in it, ready to turn your days into hell. There are quite a few Trojans that distribute ContraVirus infection, but typically it is transmitted by the SmitFraud Trojan horse.
Once installed ContraVirus works like a real rogue and performs a scan, checking you’re your system for any errors or infections. Needless to say, that this scan is NOT REAL, and all the reports you receive from this rogue are fake as well. Notice how ContraVirus offers to delete all the Trojans, andware and cookies it has found. This service is definitely not offered for free, because the rogue’s main objective is money it will work hard to obtain it.
Other symptoms of the infection include fake security alert messages that are also claim you have been infected by various types of malware. It even installs fake files in your system and claims that these files are terribly dangerous and you need to use ContraVirus do remove them. The files in question are wincom27.dll located in C:\Windows and ext32inc.dll located in C:\Windows\system directory. However, these files are absolutely harmless.
Everything is created to convince you to buy the full version of ContraVirus, but that is something you mustn’t do, if you don’t want to lose your money for good. Remove ContraVirus either manually or automatically, because the longer this rogue remains in your system the more damage it can cause. If you don’t take care of this problem, your computer system might crash eventually. Get yourself a trustworthy antispyware program that will take care of all your problems in no time.