Ever hear that from a young lady about a fellow she dated that turned out to be a bad guy? Well rogues (antivirus infections) are the same way. They look nice from the beginning just like their human counterparts, but after some time their shenanigans start!
When a girl wants to date a guy, she checks him out. She gets to know everything she can about him before she actually gets in a car with him! It would be unwise to do otherwise! Well, when you want to install something on your computer, you should do the same. Google the "program" offering to "help" you with your computer otherwise you might end up in a bad situation same as the girl who didn't check out her date! If the first ten items are tech sites telling how to clean that program, then steer clear of it. Sometimes the website for the program will come up in the first ten, but the other sites are bashing the program. Believe the bashers. Most bad guys say they are good guys.
What a rogue looks like: usually a pop-up or an email offering to help you clean up your computer. The name usually sounds very helpful, but don't let a helpful name fool you. Once you have installed it, you seem to be locked out of anything until you purchase the software you thought you had already downloaded and installed. What you downloaded was an infection and now the infector wants you to pay for cleaning up the infection that he caused. At this point download Malwarebytes Antimalware and run to clean your infection. If that doesn't work, get some tech help.
Make scanning for adware a regular part of your computer maintenance time. Use a safe browser. Don't click pop ups. Research virus and adware programs prior to installing them. Re-evaluate yearly to see that your virus protection needs are being met.
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