Disk Antivirus Professional

Disk Antivirus Professional Description

Disk Antivirus Professional is a rogue anti-virus scanner that displays fake system alerts regarding nonexistent malware infections, along with equally-fraudulent scanner results. These fake anti-virus features are used to encourage victims to purchase Disk Antivirus Professional – before they realize that Disk Antivirus Professional can’t detect or remove viruses or any other form of malware. As one of many members of the WinWeb Security family of scamware, Disk Antivirus Professional also may conduct other attacks against your PC, the most meaningful of which SpywareRemove.com malware experts warn as attacks that specifically dismantle Windows security features. As a danger to your PC and a fraud besides, Disk Antivirus Professional should be disabled by suitable security techniques, after which any good anti-malware product should be capable of disabling Disk Antivirus Professional.

The Unprofessional Features of a Disk Antivirus Professional

Disk Antivirus Professional is promoted in the form of an anti-virus program that appears to offer advanced virus-detection and removal features. Unfortunately, Disk Antivirus Professional actually isn’t a match for even a minor brand of anti-virus software, let alone the products of major companies. While Disk Antivirus Professional can create a technical-looking system warning and may appear to scan your computer, Disk Antivirus Professional only fakes any detection of malware or attacks against your PC.

These faked attacks are Disk Antivirus Professional’s path to forcing you to spend money buying a registered version of its program, which is equally useless for your PC’s security and never should be bought.

SpywareRemove.com malware experts also warn against other attacks that may result from any Disk Antivirus Professional infection, such as:

Browser hijacks that block safe websites and/or redirect you to hostile sites.
Applications that are blocked under the excuse that they are claimed to be infected or damaged.
Windows features like the firewall, UAC and update manager that are disabled.

Why Disk Antivirus Professional is More of a Clean Copy Than an Independent Operator

Disk Antivirus Professional also is recognizable as a minor variant of Winwebsec scamware. This large, well-distributed and diverse family of fake anti-malware applications has been known to use a range of brand names to confuse their victims. SpywareRemove.com malware experts are familiar with many relatives of Disk Antivirus Professional, including the System Security 2012, Windows Ultra-Antivirus, Security Scanner 2012, Windows Attacks Preventor, Security Shield, Personal Shield Pro, Total Security, Advanced PC Shield 2012, Live Essential Platinum, Winweb Security, Microsoft Antivirus 2013, Security Monitor 2012, System Care Antivirus, System Adware Scanner 2010, MS Removal Tool, Security Tool, Total Security 2009, Security Shield/Scanner, Live Security Platinum, Smart Fortress 2012, AVASoft Antivirus Professional, System Tool 2011, Smart Protection 2012, System Security, Advanced Security Tool 2010, Windows Secure Kit 2011, System Progressive Protection, Security Shield 2012 and Security Sphere 2012.

Ultimately, any variant of Disk Antivirus Professional should be considered just as dangerous to your PC as Disk Antivirus Professional, and just as unable to detect or delete malware. Because Disk Antivirus Professional will block security and anti-malware programs that could be used for Disk Antivirus Professional’s own deletion, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers recommend extra steps before you try to remove Disk Antivirus Professional.

Two major methods for disabling Disk Antivirus Professional include booting Windows with the Safe Mode feature or if this is inaccessible, launching a separate operating system that’s loaded onto a removable hard drive.