Spitzi.co.uk

Spitzi.co.uk is a phishing domain that uses fraudulent warning messages to trick victims into compromising their PCs. Spitzi.co.uk may be promoted by adware products, such as SearchSnacks, by compromised websites or by threats, such as a Trojan. Advice provided by anyone affiliated with Spitzi.co.uk is likely to endanger your computer (such as by creating a backdoor connection). You should react to any contact with this website, even in passing, by using proper PC security tools to analyze your system for probable compromises of its security.

Spitzi.co.uk: The Technical Support Spitting in Your Eye

Spitzi.co.uk is a fake technical support website being promoted by various pop-ups since 2014, with the latest incidents verifiable as of March of this year. Additional threats, such as harmful software that compromised the machine's default Web browser, have been instigating at least some of these attacks. Although Spitzi.co.uk claims that it provides technical services such as printer repairs and the removal of 'junk' files from your PC, this domain's actual motivation is to instigate contact between readers and con artists.

Spitzi.co.uk's con artists pose as computer repair technicians contacted over the phone. Although the conversational results of these attacks are as flexible as the behavior of the associated third parties, malware experts have seen some consequences reoccur in Spitzi.co.uk attacks. These may include:

• Attempts to convince victims to open remote connections to their machines. These remote connections may install threats, disable security settings or collect information.
• Con artists also may insist that you purchase a registered PC repair product or repair service. The majority of such scamware programs provide few or no benefits, and may block real security products or destabilize your machine in other ways. The transaction also may be used for gaining access to your financial information or to set up recurring payments automatically.

Cleaning a Spitzi.co.uk Pop-Up out of Your Browser

Any Web-based threat like Spitzi.co.uk may be a potential harbor of script-based attacks against your machine that may not require any interaction for triggering. After contact with Spitzi.co.uk or similar PC threats, scanning your PC always is advisable. Malware experts also would recommend using anti-malware products for removing threatening software that generates Spitzi.co.uk pop-ups on a recurring basis, or redirect your browser to Spitzi.co.uk automatically. Since most Trojans designed for promoting compromised sites are capable of attacking most, default browsers, the brand of the Web browser in question is typically irrelevant to the disinfection process.

Web scripts aside, the majority of Spitzi.co.uk's danger lies in its tricking Web surfers into placing their trust in a fictitious technical support company. Always determining the reputation of a PC repair service prior to using it is safest for your PC, and also can be the best way to keep credit card details and bank accounts well-preserved.