Security Essentials 2010 Removal Guide

Security Essentials 2010 is a bogus anti-spyware program and is part of the same rogue family as Internet Security 2010, XP Internet Security 2010, Vista Guardian 2010, Antivir 2010, and Vista Internet Security 2010. Security Essentials 2010 may appear on a user's computer through the installation of a Trojan, which comes bundled in other software. A Trojan, such as Zlob, Vundo, and Win32.Trojan.Gen, disguises itself as a codec which are usually found on warez, crack or porn websites. The user downloads the fake codec and unknowingly downloads a Trojan. The Trojan infects the user's computer and issues fake security alerts which are designed to scare the user into purchasing the full version of Security Essentials 2010.

Once Security Essentials 2010 is installed, it starts to automatically scan your system for malware. Security Essentials 2010's scan results are bogus and should not be trusted. The rogue program Security Essentials 2010 is not affiliated with Webroot's Internet Security Essentials 2010. It has becomme a common method for rogue makers to impersonate other legitimate software so they can poison results of major search engines and gain the user's trust.