‘Please complete a quick survey to continue’ Virus

Posted: January 9, 2013

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Threat Level:	1/10
Infected PCs:	90

First Seen:	January 9, 2013
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The 'Please complete a quick survey to continue' Virus is a Trojan that attempts to phish for personal information by forcing its victims to fill out surveys. Similar to a ransomware Trojan, the 'Please complete a quick survey to continue' Virus also may lock your computer and prevent you from using other programs until its conditions have been met, although SpywareRemove.com malware experts haven't noted any signs of 'Please complete a quick survey to continue' Virus including an actual ransom fee with its attacks. Because the information given to the 'Please complete a quick survey to continue' Virus is likely to be exploited for undesirable ends (such as harvesting targets for spam lists), you should avoid participation in any surveys related to the 'Please complete a quick survey to continue' Virus and, instead, use standard anti-malware strategies and software to delete the 'Please complete a quick survey to continue' Virus without being required to fill out its surveys.

The 'Please complete a quick survey to continue' Virus: Gathering Your Info As Politely As It Can

The 'Please complete a quick survey to continue' Virus can be considered a very overt form of spyware or, alternately, a ransomless, ransomware Trojan – the 'Please complete a quick survey to continue' Virus exhibits characteristics of both these types of PC threats in its attacks. After its installation through any of various methods, the 'Please complete a quick survey to continue' Virus generates pop-ups that request you to fill out HTML surveys, along with preventing you from accessing other programs and Windows features. In other cases, the 'Please complete a quick survey to continue' Virus may insert itself between file-downloading attempts unnecessarily. Because the 'Please complete a quick survey to continue' Virus's basic functions impede the performance and safety of your PC, SpywareRemove.com malware experts suggest that you take actions to remove the 'Please complete a quick survey to continue' Virus as soon as you notice the 'Please complete a quick survey to continue' Virus on your PC.

Although information-stealing programs like spyware and banking Trojans traditionally are defined by their stealth capabilities, the 'Please complete a quick survey to continue' Virus's pop-ups are very visible. Surveys from the 'Please complete a quick survey to continue' Virus will attempt to gather e-mail addresses and other exploitable information that can be used for profiteering purposes, and SpywareRemove.com malware researchers strongly urge you to avoid giving any information to surveys that are promoted by the 'Please complete a quick survey to continue' Virus.

Rejecting the 'Please complete a quick survey to continue' Virus's Pleas for Your Info

Some variants of the 'Please complete a quick survey to continue' Virus will threaten to harm your computer by deleting system components if you fail to fill out its surveys, although SpywareRemove.com malware experts have found that the 'Please complete a quick survey to continue' Virus doesn't have the ability to carry out such threats. As such, disabling and then removing the 'Please complete a quick survey to continue' Virus without filling out its surveys should be your first priority. Booting on Safe Mode or from a portable hard drive-based device can be used to disable the 'Please complete a quick survey to continue' Virus.

Once you've prevented the 'Please complete a quick survey to continue' Virus from starting, most competent anti-malware applications should be able to delete the 'Please complete a quick survey to continue' Virus in an extensive system scan. Because the 'Please complete a quick survey to continue' Virus may be accompanied by other PC threats, SpywareRemove.com malware experts advise you to scan the entirety of your PC with care and avoid contact with other computers until you've verified that yours has been disinfected.

Technical Details

Additional Information

The following URL's were detected:

qseach.com

The following messages's were detected:

#	Message
1	Please complete a quick survey to continue! You'll have your download in no time! Just complete any survey below with your valid information and the download will unlock. Thank you for participating in our short survey, and we promise to get you back to your work as quickly as possible. By completing the survey, you aid us in our work to design the perfect personal computer experience, as well as collect funding for our select charities. We truly cannot thank you enough. Once the survey is complete, you will be returned to your previous task and will be opted out of future surveys on similar topics. THANKS! Please fill in a short survey in order to close this application. You will also be able to use your computer as before. Don't do this and you'll see what happens. Thank you for your understanding. Actually do the survey; otherwise I will delete system 32. After you have completed it I assure you it will go away unless you open it again.

Message

Please complete a quick survey to continue!
You'll have your download in no time! Just complete any survey below with your valid information and the download will unlock.
Thank you for participating in our short survey, and we promise to get you back to your work as quickly as possible. By completing the survey, you aid us in our work to design the perfect personal computer experience, as well as collect funding for our select charities. We truly cannot thank you enough. Once the survey is complete, you will be returned to your previous task and will be opted out of future surveys on similar topics. THANKS!
Please fill in a short survey in order to close this application. You will also be able to use your computer as before. Don't do this and you'll see what happens. Thank you for your understanding. Actually do the survey; otherwise I will delete system 32. After you have completed it I assure you it will go away unless you open it again.