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‘Warning! The site you are attempting to view may harm your computer’ Fake Alert

Posted: October 7, 2013

The 'Warning! The site you are attempting to view may harm your computer' fake alert is a fraudulent warning message used by various scamware products, particularly Antivirus Security Pro and other members of the Winwebsec family, to block you from visiting safe websites. Unlike a legitimate 'unsafe site' warning page, the 'Warning! The site you are attempting to view may harm your computer' fake alert encourage you to purchase fraudulent anti-malware software, supposedly to 'protect' your computer while you browse the Web. All WinWebSec rogue anti-malware programs are categorized as mid-level to high-level PC threats, at a minimum, and urge the use of legitimate brands of anti-malware software for deleting them and removing the 'Warning! The site you are attempting to view may harm your computer' fake alerts from your browser.

When It's Not the Site that Wants to Harm Your Computer, but the Security Message that's Warning You

The 'Warning! The site you are attempting to view may harm your computer' fake alert is an attack that exploits PC users' basic familiarity with stock 'malicious website' warnings for the promotion of actual threat that already is on their computers. PC threats associated with the 'Warning! The site you are attempting to view may harm your computer' fake alert, based on the WinWebSec design of fake anti-malware scanners, provide a number of system problems, including deleting critical Registry information, disabling services and blocking programs. However, one of their foremost traits is the use of browser hijacks that redirect your browser to Web pages hosting a copy of the 'Warning! The site you are attempting to view may harm your computer' fake alert.

SpywareRemove.com malware experts stress that any 'Warning! The site you are attempting to view may harm your computer' fake alert should be identifiable from legitimate warning pages due to its use of a link promoting the activation and eventual purchase of 'security software' from the WinWebSec family. No legitimate Web page warning ever will ask you to download, register, upgrade or purchase new software of any type.

Even knowing this, however, a 'Warning! The site you are attempting to view may harm your computer' fake alert may be very problematic for your Web-browsing experience. PC threats that are known for producing the 'Warning! The site you are attempting to view may harm your computer' fake alerts may block a wide range of websites, including ones related to PC security that could help you disinfect your computer.

Getting Your Computer out of Any Further Harm's Way When It's Already in the Frying Pan

It's critical to realize that repeated occurrences of the 'Warning! The site you are attempting to view may harm your computer' fake alert pages are symptoms of your PC being infected with Antivirus Security Pro, Attentive Antivirus or another form of scamware. Since these PC threats may block almost all programs that could help disinfect your computer, disabling them is essential to the uninstallation process. Fortunately, using Safe Mode or booting directly from a safe USB device will deal with these issues and allow you to remove the source of the 'Warning! The site you are attempting to view may harm your computer' fake alerts with appropriate security software.

After removing a WinWebSec-based infection, you also should consider examining your security settings to verify that all important features have been reactivated. Besides the 'Warning! The site you are attempting to view may harm your computer' fake alert attacks, Winwebsec programs also may disable firewalls, disable OS updates and disable the Windows UAC, all of which are important parts of your PC's overall security.

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The following messages's were detected:
# Message
1Warning! The site you are attempting to view may harm your computer! You current security settings put your computer at risk!
Activate Antivirus Security Pro and enable safe web surfing (recommended). Ignore warnings and visit that site is the current state (not recommended)

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