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How to remove Firewall Warning by WinPC Antivirus?

May 18th, 2009

What is Firewall Warning by WinPC Antivirus?

The Firewall Warning is one of many advertising instruments of WinPC Antivirus. This popup is a fake, just as the program behind it. There is no other meaning to this warning, other than to advertise WinPC Antivirus.

The popup reads:

FIREWALL WARNING
Hidden file transfer to remote host was detected

WinPC Anrivirus has detected that somebody is trying to transfer your private data via Internet. We strongly recommend you to block the attack immediately.
Details of the attack
Remote host transfer IP: 97.216.34.74
Remote user computer name: FORENSICS
User E-mail:
IP-adress:
Blocking is recommended [Block attack] [Allow]

Do NOT trust this popup, it is merely a means to trick you into paying for a non-functional program.


Firewall Warning by WinPC Antivirus is Dangerous

arrow Firewall Warning by WinPC Antivirus is Adware that can present itself as a toolbar
arrow Firewall Warning by WinPC Antivirus logs your internet browsing history
arrow Firewall Warning by WinPC Antivirus displays lots of annoying advertisements
arrow Firewall Warning by WinPC Antivirus may infect your system via spyware or freeware
arrow Firewall Warning by WinPC Antivirus may repair its files, spread or update by itself
arrow Firewall Warning by WinPC Antivirus may prove difficult or impossible to remove
arrow Firewall Warning by WinPC Antivirus violates your privacy and compromises your security
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Firewall Warning by WinPC Antivirus screenshots


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Manual Firewall Warning by WinPC Antivirus removal


Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove Firewall Warning by WinPC Antivirus, such activity can permanently damage your system if any mistakes are made in the process, as advanced spyware parasites are able to automatically repair themselves if not completely removed. Thus, manual spyware removal is recommended for experienced users only, such as IT specialists or highly qualified system administrators. For other users, we recommend using Spyware Doctor or other malware and spyware removal applications found on 2-viruses.com.
Stop these Firewall Warning by WinPC Antivirus processes:
Disable these Firewall Warning by WinPC Antivirus DLL files::
Remove these Firewall Warning by WinPC Antivirus Registry Entries:
Remove these Firewall Warning by WinPC Antivirus files:
It is impossible to list all file names and locations of modern parasites. You can identify remaining parasites, other Firewall Warning by WinPC Antivirus infected files and get help in Firewall Warning by WinPC Antivirus removal by using free Spyware Doctor scanner. It comes with free real-time protection module that helps preventing Firewall Warning by WinPC Antivirus and similar threats.

Firewall Warning by WinPC Antivirus is Adware, which means that it plays, displays, or downloads advertising material to a system after being installed. Firewall Warning by WinPC Antivirus is known to display numerous annoying pop-ups while running.

Such Adware as Firewall Warning by WinPC Antivirus often hijacks your homepage and replaces it with third party commercial and marketing site. Then Firewall Warning by WinPC Antivirus proceeds to alter your browser code to prevent you from changing vital browser options.

However, the most dangerous threat Firewall Warning by WinPC Antivirus poses is that such Adware may steal your private information and browsing history and pass it to third parties without your knowledge and consent.


How to tell if your PC has been infected by a Adware such as Firewall Warning by WinPC Antivirus?

Slow PC Performance: Most of Adware is not optimized and coded very poorly, which causes your system to become unstable, slow and unreliable, as such Adware is constantly running in the background.
Numerous undesirable and annoying pop-ups: A typical Adware parasite keeps track of your internet browsing habits, sending your browsing history data to remote servers, owned by third party companies that use this information to advertise their products via numerous pop-ups, toolbars, hijacked homepages and spam letters. All these undesirable advertising methods are used on the victims of Adware.
Slow internet connection: Adware is constantly using your internet connection to send your private information to remote servers, as well as receive ads and pop-ups from third party servers, which causes much slower internet connection speed and stability.

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