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Total Antivirus 2020

Posted: July 30, 2020

Total Antivirus 2020 is the name of a rogue security application that tries to piggyback on the popularity of a legitimate application that is known as TotalAV, or Total Antivirus 2020. These two are not related, and you should be able to recognize the Total Antivirus 2020 by the outdated design, as well as the fact that it uses a wide range of bogus security alerts and warnings to trick you into thinking that your computer's safety is in danger. The Total Antivirus 2020 rogue application may be spread via fake downloads and advertisements or with the help of browser pop-ups that contain information about non-existent PC problems.

The Rogue Total Antivirus 2020 Software Displays Fake System Alerts and Warnings

Once the Total Antivirus 2020 is up and running, it will hide many of its components in system folders to make removal more challenging. Furthermore, it will manipulate the Windows Task Scheduler and the Windows Registry to ensure that the program will start whenever the operating system boots up. Finally, Total Antivirus 2020 will perform an initial scan that will always provide the victims with fake information regarding the state of their systems. Some of the lies that the rogue Total Antivirus 2020 may tell you are:

  • The Total Antivirus 2020will list legitimate files and folders as threatening viruses that are capable of spying on you, encrypting your files or adding advertisements to your Web browser.
  • The Total Antivirus 202 may display a warning window stating that you must take precautions, or you are at risk of losing files and privacy, as well as having illicit files on your PC.
  • The Total Antivirus 2020 may say that you are under attack by remote hackers who are trying to collect your files.
  • The Total Antivirus 2020 may report a fake 'network intrusion' accompanied by a list of hidden usernames and passwords that are used for Facebook, Gmail, PayPal and online banking.

The goal of the Total Antivirus 2020 is to convince the victims that their PCs are in a lot of trouble, and their only hope of resolving the pending issues is to purchase an activation program for this software. It is primordial not to forget that the issues reported b the Total Antivirus 2020 are fake, and it is pointless to purchase the full application. Even if you do this, you will get nothing in return – the Total Antivirus 2020 is useless. If this rogue application is bothering you, you can use the activation key ALKJ-SALM-POIY-OLKH to disable it temporarily.

Once you have managed to put an end to the Total Antivirus 2020 alerts and warnings, you should make sure to remove the rogue application with the help of a legitimate anti-malware tool.

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