Protection-soft24.com

Protection-soft24.com is a malicious website that promotes known rogue anti-virus applications like Antivirus Protection. Infection by malware related to Protection-soft24.com may result in your web browser redirecting itself to Protection-soft24.com or having Protection-soft24.com's homepage set to Protection-soft24.com. Although Protection-soft24.com will attempt to force you to give away your credit card number as part of Protection-soft24.com's promotion scheme, the appropriate action is to delete Protection-soft24.com-related malware and avoid visiting the website to re-secure your PC.

Protection-soft24.com is a Known Brand of Fraudulent PC Protection

Protection-soft24.com is one small link in a very long chain of fraudulent websites such as Softbard.com, Antispy-soft.com, Avexpertsoft.com and Twofsoft.net. All of these websites specialize in promoting closely-related rogue anti-virus applications, with some well-known examples being Antivirus Protection, Antivirus Protection Trial, AntiVira AV and Antivirus Monitor. Protection-soft24.com, in particular, has been reported to promote Antivirus Protection and Antivirus Protection Trial, but all rogue anti-virus programs in this family differ in only minor ways in any case.

Protection-soft24.com and similar sites use an interface reminiscent of that of a real security software website, and attempt to sell their fake software products as helpful security programs. However, Antivirus Protection and other rogue anti-virus programs sold by sites like Protection-soft24.com all offer fake information and have no virus-removal functions at all!

Contact with Protection-soft24.com places you in a vulnerable position for two particular kinds of dangers:

• Malware downloads such as Trojans, viruses and worms. It's not even necessary to download a file intentionally, since many malware websites like Protection-soft24.com will abuse JavaScript, Flash and other loopholes in browser security to force a download. Keeping strict security settings on your browser will minimize this possibility, but perfect protection from drive-by download attacks by sites like Protection-soft24.com is essentially impossible.
• Credit card fraud. Protection-soft24.com and other rogue anti-virus program-promoting sites will try to get you to register their fake security products for high fees through an online payment process. Not only is the initial charge itself fraudulent, since Protection-soft24.com's products have no beneficial features, but your credit card may also be used for further unauthorized charges or otherwise misused.

If you become a victim of the latter, most credit card companies will revoke such fraudulent charges once you explain the situation. You may also wish to have the card canceled to minimize chances of Protection-soft24.com using it for identity theft.

What Happens When You're Put on Rails to Protection-soft24.com

Many types of infections linked to sites like Protection-soft24.com will contain a browser hijacker component. Web browser hijackers may alter your homepage to Protection-soft24.com, change your search results to Protection-soft24.com, embed links to Protection-soft24.com in fake errors or advertisements, or even simply force you to go to Protection-soft24.com directly. This behavior is often combined with restricting downloads and access to safe websites to prevent the user from acquiring anti-malware software.

The easiest way to circumvent browser hijacks is to restart in Safe Mode, which will prevent most forms of malware from launching by default. At this point, you can download anything you need to delete Protection-soft24.com-related malware like Antivirus Protection. Since rogue security programs such as the ones promoted by Protection-soft24.com are ever-changing to avoid detection, having the last available updates for any scanning software you choose is also a good idea.

If you suspect that you're using a hijacked web browser or a PC with active malware running in memory, you should try to avoid typing in sensitive information such as account passwords. You should also remain suspicious of any websites that offer online scanning services – this is one of the most common ploys used by malicious sites like Protection-soft24.com!