Hijack.shell.gen.a is totally scam and rouge anti-spyware software which comes from the same family of Antivirus 1 and Antivirus Number-1. It installs in the users system via Trojans and spywares. It redirects system browser to the corrupted websites such as Antivirus-best.info or Best-protect.info that convince the users and pretends to be a legitimate anti-spyware program and tells the people that this is a antispyware program that will detect and remove all kinds of spywares and adware including Trojan horses, keyloggers, passwords stealers and many others. But it in reality it does nothing but hampers overall performance of users system.
When this counterfeit malware application is installed on the system it start performing fake system scan that states that the privacy of the system is in danger as the system is infected with many dangerous malwares and spywares. It will display many fake scan results and security warnings but these are all done to mislead users to buy the full version of this bogus anti-spyware software. Some of the fake results displayed are:
"Spyware activity alert!
Spyware.IEMonster activity detected. It is spyware that attempts to steal passwords from Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Outlook and other programs, including logins and passwords from online banking sessions, eBay, Paypal."
"System files modification alert!
Some critical files of your computer were modified by malicious programs. It may cause system instability and data loss. Click here to block unauthorized modifications by removing threats."
"Hijack.shell.gen.a protection has detected Spyware program Hijack.shell.gen.a that is trying to attack your computer. Do you want to block the attack?"
This rogue malware application is enormously dangerous for your system. So Remove Hijack.shell.gen.a as soon as it is defected. Users can remove it manually but it should be kept in mind that it is burdensome procedure that not always is successful and it also may happen that some files and hidden and they can reactivate themselves after sometime. So it is more beneficial to perform automatic removal using third party software that easily detects and removes Hijack.shell.gen.a. For more information about its removal please visit the link mentioned below.
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