‘Windows Security 2012 has found critical process’ Pop-Up Alert

The 'Windows Security 2012 has found critical process' pop-up alert is a fake warning message that's used by malicious websites as a lure to make you install malicious software – in most cases, fake anti-malware programs from the FakeRean family or similar PC threats. A 'Windows Security 2012 has found critical process' Pop-Up Alert is displayed automatically through script-based exploits that launch when you load hostile web pages, and SpywareRemove.com malware researchers recommend that you keep Java, Flash and other exploitable features disabled by default when you're visiting sites that may be untrustworthy. Obviously, you also shouldn't trust vaguely-described security scanners or software that immediately claim that your PC has been compromised, since reputable security programs don't scan your computer without your explicit consent.

Why What's Critical in a 'Windows Security 2012 has found critical process' Pop-Up Alert Isn't Your Memory

'Windows Security 2012 has found critical process' Pop-Up Alert is a modern variant of a popular hoax for distributing scamware. Besides Windows Security 2012, 'Windows Security 2012 has found critical process' Pop-Up Alerts may promote similar types of fake security products like Windows Antivirus 2012, Windows Security 2011, Windows Security (without a year suffix), XP Home Security 2013, XP Defender 2013 or other members of the FakeRean family. In all cases, our malware researchers have found that exposure to 'Windows Security 2012 has found critical process' Pop-Up Alert is caused by exposure to malicious websites. Under no circumstances should you ever place trust in a popup alert or scan that launches automatically after you visit an unfamiliar web page.

The 'Windows Security 2012 has found critical process' pop-up alert's appearance sometimes is accompanied by a fake Windows Explorer window that is used to display fake infection alerts for various hard drives and folders. Like the 'Windows Security 2012 has found critical process' pop-up alert, these threat warnings are faked, although the website that's responsible for the 'Windows Security 2012 has found critical process' pop-up alert does have a high chance of attempting to install real malware (particularly malware related to fake security software) onto your PC.

A 'Windows Security 2012 has found critical process' Pop-Up Alert's Place in the World of Internet Cons

'Windows Security 2012 has found critical process' pop-up alerts usually are responsible for prompting victims to install rogue security programs that can, themselves, display other types of fake alerts along with just-as-inaccurate system scans. Members of the FakeRean family, which SpywareRemove.com malware analysts have found to be closely-associated with attacks from 'Windows Security 2012 has found critical process' pop-up alert, may also attempt to cause other problems:

• They may block unrelated applications.
• They may delete or disable Windows security software (your firewall or the Windows update system, for instance).
• They may hijack your browser and redirect you to erroneous warning pages.

Any contact with 'Windows Security 2012 has found critical process' pop-up alert should be considered a prompt to scan your computer with a trustworthy anti-malware program, along with, hopefully, avoiding any download requests that the 'Windows Security 2012 has found critical process' pop-up alert's website makes of you. Because scamware linked to 'Windows Security 2012 has found critical process' pop-up alert has been known to use automatic-downloading exploits, you should consider your computer potentially infected even if you don't install anything yourself.

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