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‘Warning! The site you are trying to visit’ Fake Alert

Posted: March 28, 2013

The 'Warning! The site you are trying to visit' fake alert is a fraudulent error message displayed during browser hijack attacks by members of the WinWebSec family of fake anti-malware programs (such as Smart Fortress 2012 or AVASoft Professional Antivirus). Although the 'Warning! The site you are trying to visit' fake alert is designed to look identical to a legitimate website warning, the 'Warning! The site you are trying to visit' fake alert appears for safe websites (including ones related to PC security) that don't pose any danger to your computer. Because 'Warning! The site you are trying to visit' fake alert just is one of various symptoms of the presence of a rogue anti-malware program's infection, SpywareRemove.com malware experts always encourage you to use real anti-malware software to remedy the problem by removing the scamware that's generating the 'Warning! The site you are trying to visit' Fake Alerts.

The Warning that Steers Your Browser Clear of Most of the Web

The 'Warning! The site you are trying to visit' fake alert is a supportive aspect of a browser-hijacking attack that intercepts your browser's attempts to load various websites and redirects you to the 'Warning! The site you are trying to visit' fake alert's page. Designed to look very similar to legitimate 'dangerous website' alerts, the 'Warning! The site you are trying to visit' fake alert claims that the site in question includes harmful content – even if you're trying to visit a completely innocuous site. SpywareRemove.com malware experts have found that many attacks based on the 'Warning! The site you are trying to visit' fake alert have a tendency to trigger for specific sites related to PC security and anti-malware programs' companies, but the 'Warning! The site you are trying to visit' Fake Alert also may pop up in other circumstances.

Besides presenting fake information on the site's content, the 'Warning! The site you are trying to visit' fake alert also promotes whatever variant of WinWebSec is responsible for its appearance. Promotional links related to a 'Warning! The site you are trying to visit' fake alert may be for any of various fake anti-malware programs, including the Fake MS Removal Tool, Winweb Security, System Progressive Protection, Security Shield, Live Security Platinum, Essential Cleaner, Disk Antivirus Professional and Win 8 Security System. For their part, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers emphasize that the above programs aren't capable of providing any PC security benefits, including finding, removing or blocking malicious software.

The Real Problems You Should Be Warned of After this Warning Makes Its Entrance

Scamware products that create 'Warning! The site you are trying to visit' fake alerts also may be involved in attacks that block other applications, display fraudulent system warnings or generate deliberately-inaccurate malware scans. Combined, these symptoms make WinWebSec infections a danger to your computer, and SpywareRemove.com malware analysts heavily encourage you to remove any program responsible for creating 'Warning! The site you are trying to visit' Fake Alerts as soon as you possibly can do so.

Because conventional removal methods are unlikely to remove fake anti-malware programs related to a 'Warning! The site you are trying to visit' fake alert and your other software may be blocked, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers generally advise victims of WinWebSec attacks to reboot their computers in Safe Mode. Other strategies also may be used to disable any malicious programs that fail to be disabled by this feature. As soon as you're able to launch any specialized anti-malware software again, you should scan your PC to remove the source of your 'Warning! The site you are trying to visit' fake alert, as well as any other PC threats that may be linked to the obvious scamware infection.

Technical Details

Additional Information

The following messages's were detected:
# Message
1Warning! The site you are trying to visit may harm your computer!
[legitimate site address here]
Your security setting level puts your computer at risk!
- Activate AVASoft Professional Antivirus, and enable safe web surfing (recommended).
- Ignore warnings and visit that site in the current state (not recommended).

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