Infected with AlphaWipe ?
AlphaWipe or Alpha Wipe is a rogue history cleaner software that displays misleading system histroy results to tricks victims into purchasing the phony "licensed" program version. Once AlphaWipe is installed on the system it will execute alphawipe.exe, AlphaWipe Records Cleaner.lnk, AlphaWipe Tracks Cleaner 2006.lnk, alphawipe_setup[1].exe and bombard the Pc with frustrating notification pop-ups. AlphaWipe is generally installed on the system through porn related sites, corrupt spam e-mails or questionable file sharing applications.
The AlphaWipe may steal private information and cause serious harm to the PC system!
Alliases / Related Threats: AlphaWipe Logs Cleaner 2008, AlphaWipe Records Cleaner 2006, Alpha wipe
Potential AlphaWipe signs:
- Unusual AlphaWipe files in Windows task manager system processes, tower speaker error bleeping sound
- Difficult to get rid of Alpha Wipe manually, reinstall itself after been erased
- Altered desktop settings, wallpaper, system tray icons and desktop shortcuts
- Abnoramal bandwidth use, slow Internet browser and Windows system
- Removed dlls, registry keys and Windows files resulting in "Blue Screen" error
- Browser startpage and search engines re-directs to strange website
Rogue security software activities:
- Trojan infecting system through security holese, e-mail attachments, messenger or freeware programs
- Alpha Wipe tracks and re-directs login names, keystrokes, passwords and other data to outlying servers by inactivating security
- Watches browsing activity and Windows system to create popup alerts and notifications
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