The Emsisoft malware research team has discovered a new outbreak of the Fake Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tools (FakeMSRT) adware. Emsisoft Anti-Malware detects this malware as Adware.Win32.FakeMSRT.

Fake MSRT is a rogue security program. A rogue application tries to trick you by displaying false positive/misleading scan results report, which says that your computer is infected with viruses or trojan, but you will not be able to delete them before you purchase.

Create new file:

• %userprofile%\mrtw.exe

Create new registry entry:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
  (SZ) mrtw = %userprofile%\mrtw.exe

Screenshots:

How to remove the infection of FakeMSRT (Adware.Win32.FakeMSRT)?

To delete this malware infection, please download and install Emsisoft Anti-Malware. Run a full scan on all drives and move all detected items to the quarantine.

Tags: FakeMSRT, Rogue

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