Do you know what Home Malware Cleaner is?
Home Malware Cleaner is a computer threat that has been created by the same cyber criminals responsible for spawning the Rogue.VirusDoctor family that includes Smart Anti-Malware Protection, Strong Malware Defender, Malware Protection Center and other similar infections. Just like its forerunners Home Malware Cleaner gets into your computer through fake online malware scanners and infected websites that urge you to purge various viruses from your computer. Unfortunately, a lot of users fall for this fraud, thinking they are acquiring a decent antimalware program, while in fact Home Malware Cleaner is nothing but a dangerous threat itself.
When Home Malware Cleaner is installed in your computer it loads automatically due to an additional subkey in the registry. At the same time the rogue launches a fake system scan that “finds” a lot of viruses in your computer and says that your system is “At risk” and you have to activate a full protection by purchasing the license for Home Malware Cleaner. Even though Home Malware Cleaner makes use of known Trojans and other viruses to make it seem that you are really infected with malware, it also creates its own list of files dropping them in your system, and saying that these files are the reason your computer is acting weird. However, none of them cause the erratic behavior; such files as ANTIGEN.drv, tjd.drv or SICKBOY.tmp are absolutely harmless and act as tools of persuasion only.
In order to protect your money and save your computer, you have to pay no heed to the fake security notifications received from Home Malware Cleaner. The pop-up messages can include:
System Alert
malicious applications, which may contain Trojans, were found on your computer and are able to be removed immediately. Click here to remove these potentially harmful items using Home Malware Cleaner.
Warning! Access conflict detected!
An unidentified program is trying to access system process address space.
Process Name: AllowedForm
Location: C:\Windows\...\taskmgr.exe
Warning! Virus detected
Threat Detected: Trojan-PSW.VBS.Half
Description: This is a VBScript-virus. It steals user's passwords.
The messages are as false as the rogue’s claim that it can protect your computer, so your best shot is to get yourself a powerful computer safeguard tool that will eradicate Home Malware Cleaner immediately and you will be able to enjoy computing again.
In non-techie terms:
Home Malware Cleaner is a malicious computer program that pretends to be an antivirus application. It damages your computer at the same time trying to steal your money so you have to remove Home Malware Cleaner from your system at once.
Aliases: HomeMalwareCleaner.