Wolfram Anti-virus

Wolfram Anti-virus is bogus anti-virus software that constantly displays fake alerts and security warnings and corrupts your computer in a few different and malicious ways. Wolfram offers to remove all the viruses it claims to have found on your computer, but only if you upgrade to the paid version, which you should definitely not do since the whole deal is complete scam. Here's how Wolfram Anti-virus operates and how you can get rid of it.

How Wolfram Anti-virus Works

In order for this virus to infect your computer, you must download it first. There are several ways in which Wolfram Anti-virus is spread throughout the internet, including email scams and phishing sites, but one of the more common ways is through YouTube. YouTube itself is not promoting Wolfram by any means, but hackers uploading videos will hide and disguise links in the YouTube videos they upload that initiate the download process for Wolfram Anti-virus.

Once you've downloaded Wolfram Anti-virus, it's automatically configured to install a file called csrss.exe in the Windows Startup folder. This file easily goes unnoticed by most users since there is a legitimate file with a similar name in the Windows Startup folder that is critical to the normal functioning of the Windows operating system.

Once the csrss.exe file is installed, it will run a system-wide scan of your computer and then display several scary warning messages that all say your PC is infected with several viruses and other corrupt files. It will even provide you with a list of the viruses and corrupt files. However, remember that this list is totally fake; the items on the list are either dummy files created by Wolfram Anti-virus, or real but harmless files.

Wolfram displays more messages saying that it can remove all the malware that has infected your PC, but only if you enter your credit card info and upgrade to the paid version. Definitely do not choose to upgrade. If you do, hackers will charge your card and steal your credit card number for resale or to use to make more fraudulent charges. If you've already done this, contact your credit card company immediately for a chargeback, and then contact all three credit bureaus to warn them of potential fraudulent activity done under your name.

If you suspected something is awry with this rogue anti-virus application and did not choose to upgrade, you'll still face an entire host of problems until you remove the scam software. This rogue anti-virus software will reconfigure Windows to use a proxy server, and this proxy server can and will redirect most of the URLs you type in to scamming and phishing sites that display bogus security alerts.

Wolfram will also automatically close most all of the applications you try to run each and every time you open them. These results are incredibly frustrating and cripple users from effectively using their PCs for most tasks. This also lends credence to the thought that your computer really is infected with viruses, but again, it's all the result of the bogus Wolfram Anti-virus malware.

How to Get Rid of Wolfram Anti-virus

You can search online and easily find a detailed manual or guide for removing Wolfram from your computer. Accomplishing this, however, involves many steps, including a reboot in safe mode, a reconfiguration of LAN settings and the identification and manual removal of several specific files. If you're not exactly tech savvy, you'll likely have a hard time doing this. However, many top-rated anti-virus security software suites can both protect your computer from viruses and automatically scan for and remove viruses that have already infected your PC, including Wolfram.

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