Popup Protection System Security Alert

16 June 2009 Popup 0 Comment

A pop-up “Protection System Security Alert” is issued to delude computer users by a rogue program called Protection System. The full message reads:

Protection System Security Alert
Your computer is being attacked from a remote PC
Attack from 240.105.231.105:10484
Block your computer Internet access to prevent system infection.

Another Protection System pop-up warns computer users to remove “Malwarebytes‘ Anti-Malware_is1″ is a foolish message being flagged by the rogue program Protection System. The full message reads:

“Protection System. There is unauthorized software detected on your computer. It is recommended you to remove it, otherwise it could conflict with Protection System. Press ‘OK’ to remove Malwarebytes‘ Anti-Malware_is1?

Automatic Removal of "Popup Protection System Security Alert" using Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

In order to completely remove the threat, it is best to download and run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. Sometimes, Trojans will block the downloading and installation of MBAM. If this happens, download it from a clean computer and rename the executable file before executing on the infected machine.