Mega Antivirus 2012

Posted: February 22, 2011

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Threat Level:	10/10
Infected PCs:	21

First Seen:	February 23, 2011
Last Seen:	April 15, 2020
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Mega Antivirus 2012 is a dangerous rogue security product that has the potential to destroy your operating system's ability to load. The Mega Antivirus 2012 pest will also use more typical rogue product tactics such as issuing false error alerts and scan results, and redirecting you towards a malignant website. Since Mega Antivirus 2012 can pose an extreme threat to any system Mega Antivirus 2012 is on, one should delete Mega Antivirus 2012 with care and strive to avoid possible infection routes strenuously.

Mega Antivirus 2012 is Initially a Mere Nuisance

Mega Antivirus 2012 will infect your computer without your permission or possibly even your knowledge of the event. While running, Mega Antivirus 2012 will use all the standard tricks of the rogue malware trade –- Mega Antivirus 2012 will create frightening error message pop-ups and horrible scan results that indicate your computer as severely infected. Mega Antivirus 2012 can't detect infections or system problems, and is instead simply lying to you to wheedle credit card information out of your hands.

All scan results in particular will redirect you towards Mega Antivirus 2012's dangerous website, so you shouldn't give any credibility to these scans. Even just visiting the site can infect your system with further malware, so don't give the rogue product the chance to mess your already victimized computer up any further than it already is!

This opening stage of Mega Antivirus 2012 is unremarkable and may only be noticed by a few needless pop-ups now and then. On the other hand, Mega Antivirus 2012 has been reported to change its behavior if you rightfully try to remove this infection from your system, and Mega Antivirus 2012 may block the running of applications you need, such as Windows Task Manager.

...But a Real Danger if You Ignore Its Threats

Novices who try to delete Mega Antivirus 2012 unsuccessfully will find that Mega Antivirus 2012 generates the following messages in warning:

Stop analyzing me
Do not play with this rogue
Say good-bye to your computer

After the final message, Mega Antivirus 2012 will cheekily delete your NTLDR file, which is the boot loader for many versions of Windows. Upon a reboot, you'll discover that your computer will not work at all! The NTLDR attack may be ineffective against machines running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 or Windows 7, since those operating systems use a different booting method.

If you find yourself in this dire situation, refrain from panicking. All the information on your computer is still there! The only remedy required is a boot disk with NTLDR and other relevant booting information, which will allow you to get back into Windows again. After suffering such a high magnitude of hostility, you're hopefully ready to delete Mega Antivirus 2012 for good!

Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:

%WinDir%\addons\ma2012.exe

File name: ma2012.exe
Size: 529.4 KB (529408 bytes)
MD5: 037457424b936cc7c86ec020429612a5
Detection count: 18
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %WinDir%\addons
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 23, 2011