Secure.file-restore-software.com

Secure.file-restore-software.com is a website that uses drive-by-download exploits to install a variant of rogue file recovery software from the FakeSysdef (also known as FakeHDD) family. Secure.file-restore-software.com's scamware of preference, File Restore, will scan your PC and pretend to find a whole host of serious file errors on your hard drive. However, these errors are inaccurate and SpywareRemove.com malware researchers recommend ignoring any alerts from File Restore or similar PC threats. While Secure.file-restore-software.com's payload is the most dangerous thing about Secure.file-restore-software.com, Secure.file-restore-software.com also is notable as a destination that's used by browser hijackers in their redirect attacks. If you experience redirects to Secure.file-restore-software.com, your PC may be infected by a browser hijacker. Scans with trustworthy anti-malware programs are recommended for removing either Secure.file-restore-software.com-redirecting PC threats or File Restore.

Secure.file-restore-software.com: a Launching Pad for Fake Software

Secure.file-restore-software.com and its base domain, File-restore-software.com, claim to promote a File Restore utility that can help to recover file data, check for errors and provide other utility functions that can streamline your computer's performance. On the face of it, while this may sound like a good thing, SpywareRemove.com malware experts have identified File Restore as a member of the Fakesysdef family of rogue defraggers and other system-utility programs. Although File Restore pretends to provide some useful system information, Secure.file-restore-software.com's product can't fix your file errors or any other problems with your PC.

Normally, contact with Secure.file-restore-software.com will result in File Restore's installation without your consent. However, SpywareRemove.com malware research team notes that appropriate web-browsing defenses can allow you to block the drive-by-download exploits that are used to install Secure.file-restore-software.com. Relevant security measures include disabling Java/JavaScript, having anti-malware software with web-browsing protection open and keeping all exploitable software (particularly your browser) updated.

Fake warning messages, unwanted changes to the infected computer's desktop background and inaccurate scans may be File Restore's hallmarks, but Secure.file-restore-software.com's scamware product is most dangerous for its security-hindering traits, which SpywareRemove.com malware analysts have noted:

• Unrelated programs being blocked for no reason (under the excuse that they're supposedly corrupted or damaged in some fashion).
• Changes that reduce your web browser's security (such as changes to certificate-handling procedures and/or security zones).
• Hidden shortcuts, files and/or folder.
• The disabling of Windows Task Manager.

Why You Might Not Get to Choose Whether or Not You Head Down to Secure.file-restore-software.com

As an infection vector for File Restore, Secure.file-restore-software.com is a danger to your PC that should be avoided when possible and if encountered always should be responded to by thorough anti-malware scans. However, recent attacks have made File Restore's distribution process a sophisticated affair that uses other PC threats to redirect your browser to Secure.file-restore-software.com. These redirects are also, in and of themselves, dangers to your PC's safe web-browsing capabilities and may be utilized by anything from minor browser hijackers to advanced rootkits.

In scenarios where you're redirected to Secure.file-restore-software.com without your permission, you should assume that your machine is infected by at least one (if not multiple) types of malware. Reconfiguring your browser or even deleting Secure.file-restore-software.com isn't recommended as a solution, since it will not delete the source of the redirects, which can be found and removed by dedicated anti-malware scanners.

Other fake file restoration and defragmentation programs from File Restore's family should, of course, be considered equally harmful to your computer. Samples of other Fakesysdef-based scamware programs include Disk Doctor, Easy Scan, Fast Disk, HDD Scan, HDD Tools, Win Defrag and Windows Restore.