Fake Windows Firewall

Often associated with rogue system-scanning products, the Fake Windows Firewall is a fraudulent firewall utility that doesn't provide any actual protection for your PC – instead of performing real firewall functions, the Fake Windows Firewall, will, at best, block legitimate programs while the Fake Windows Firewall delivers fake pop-up warnings about various unrelated PC threats that supposedly are attacking your computer. Although a Fake Windows Firewall sometimes is found alone, usually a Fake Windows Firewall's purpose is to encourage you to buy an associated rogue anti-malware or defragmenter program, which is a frivolous waste of money that SpywareRemove.com malware experts always discourage. Whether or not a Fake Windows Firewall interferes with your using programs, once the Fake Windows Firewall is been identified by real security software, you always should remove the Fake Windows Firewall as soon as possible.

When the Firewall's a Bit Too Toasty for the Rest of Your Software

Fake Windows Firewall usually is just a small part of a multi-component infection based on rogue anti-malware or defragmenter software, with the ultimate goal being to impede your PC usage until you consent to paying for the faulty software. Because rogue anti-malware products like those that use Fake Windows Firewalls will provide fake system information in lieu of accurate threat reports, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers stress identifying a Fake Windows Firewall and distinguishing the Fake Windows Firewall from the real and functional Windows Firewall.

Telltale traits of a Fake Windows Firewall, which may be designed to look nearly identical to your real Windows Firewall, often include:

• Links to various third-party programs, particularly rogue anti-malware scanners and defragmenters such as SpyShredder, Antivirus XP Pro, Antivirus 2010 Security Centre, Live Security Platinum and Disk Antivirus Professional.
• Recommendations to register or purchase the aforementioned scamware, particularly in response to attacks against your PC.
• A Fake Windows Firewall also can be used to block other applications that aren't blocked by the normal Windows Firewall, without any options to allow these programs to launch normally.
• The Fake Windows Firewall usually also is used to create fake system warnings about high-level PC threats, such as banking Trojans and various kinds of spyware. Although the names of said PC threats usually are related to real ones, since the Fake Windows Firewall doesn't have any threat-detection features, a real anti-malware program will be unable to detect these threats on your PC.

Cranking Down the Heat on a Fake Windows Firewall

When in doubt, dedicated anti-malware applications always should be able to distinguish a Fake Windows Firewall from your real Windows Firewall software. However, if Fake Windows Firewall or any PC threats that are included with the Fake Windows Firewall are equipped with software-blocking functions, you may be unable to run such applications initially. To resolve this dilemma, SpywareRemove.com malware experts usually recommend either restarting in Safe Mode or booting your computer from a peripheral device-loaded OS, whichever is more efficacious.

In particular, you never should purchase any software that's promoted by or otherwise associated with the Fake Windows Firewall, since such fraudulent transactions will not benefit your computer and may compromise your financial information – not to mention your actual finances. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers always consider the deletion of Fake Windows Firewall and related PC threats through anti-malware scans to be the preferable solution to a Fake Windows Firewall infection.