Smart Antivirus 2010 Removal Guide

With all the threats facing healthy PCs nowadays, it has become impossible to fend off attacks against nasty rogues like Smart Antivirus 2010 without the help of a powerful security tool. If you need evidence that Smart Antivirus 2010 is indeed a fake security tool, it is a direct clone of Smart Antivirus 2009 was developed by the same developers of MS Antivirus. Despite its best efforts at convincing its victims of its legitimacy, Smart Antivirus 2010 is not capable of detecting or fixing any type of errors.

It enters the system surreptitiously, and will not ask the PC owner’s permission before rooting itself in the system. This is classic trademarks of a rogue application. Smart Antivirus 2010 will then configure registry entries so as to allow itself to launch each time the user logs on to Windows. A fake system scan will then start which will invariably report on many fake system errors. These fake scan results were designed merely to panic users into paying for Smart Antivirus 2010’s fake software.

As a further attack on the system Smart Antivirus 2010 will systematically break down the system’s inherent functioning so as to eventually force the user to pay for its software, effectively keeping the PC ransom from its owner. Some of the tactics Smart Antivirus 2010 will employ include blocking the user’s access to the Internet, and preventing him from executing applications and programs on the infected system. This is done in part to frustrate the user, but also to prevent him from either downloading or running an application which is able to identify and remove Smart Antivirus 2010 from the system.

Other symptoms associated with this infection include increased erratic system behavior and extremely poor system performance. This is because Smart Antivirus 2010 will consume valuable system resources, which does not leave much left for the operation of the system. Users have also complained about randomly generated Desktop items and hidden folder contents.

When all is said and done this rogue defragmenter will not benefit your PC in the least. In order to regain control of the system you need to annihilate Smart Antivirus 2010 immediately. Restore your system’s security by investing in a powerful and legitimate security application.