{"id":21527,"date":"2011-04-19T11:29:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T16:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=21527"},"modified":"2011-04-19T11:29:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T16:29:00","slug":"malware-minute-windows-emergency-system-fake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/malware-minute-windows-emergency-system-fake\/","title":{"rendered":"Malware Minute: Windows Emergency System (Fake)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>By GFI Vipre<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Windows Emergency System is not a Microsoft application, but a fake created by scammers designed to infect PC after PC in hopes of tricking people into buying the software.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/malwareprotectioncenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/WindowsEmergencySystem_GUI.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-31\" title=\"WindowsEmergencySystem_GUI\" src=\"http:\/\/malwareprotectioncenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/WindowsEmergencySystem_GUI-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If your PC has been infected with Windows Emergency System, you may be wondering where you picked up such a nasty program.  Most likely it was downloaded from malicious advertisements on a webpage you visited, or when you clicked a link and landed on a random web page and the program began downloading without your consent.   Many times a rogue or fake program, such as Windows Emergency System, will show a fictitious warning stating that your PC is infected, if you click on the window it will immediately download the virus.  If you would have been running a good antivirus software, it would have blocked this virus from infecting you computer.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/malwareprotectioncenter.com\/2011\/03\/18\/windows-emergency-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">GFI Vipre Malware Protection Center&#8211;Learn More<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20101109sunbeltmalware.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"GFI\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18914\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Windows Emergency System is not a Microsoft application, but a fake created by scammers designed to infect PC after PC in hopes of tricking people into buying the 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