What this programs does: Security Tool, otherwise known as SecurityTool, is a rogue anti-spyware program from the same family as System Security. This program is promoted through the use of Trojans and web pop-ups. When this rogue is promoted via a Trojan it will be installed onto your computer without your permission or knowledge. When promoted via web pop-ups, you will be shown a pop-up when browsing the web that states your computer is infected. If you click on the pop-up you will be brought to a page that shows an advertisement that pretends to be a fake online anti-malware scanner. At the end of the advertisement, it will state that there are infections and then prompt you to download and install Security Tool onto your computer. See link for removal instructions: click Here Can't get on your own go to the link below. Probably should strongly consider going there first off. click Here

My good and long time friend Cat steered me to Virus Bulletin years ago. Though it is a commercial publication you can register for free with reduced access. One of the features accessible is their review/comparison of AV applications. DA Here is a link that might be useful: Virus Bulletin

Karla, I did the same thing. One of the screens which popped up looked just like AVG, which is my AV. It was running a scan but there were smaller windows which looked like Windows and said,'security alert! your computer has a virus, you must update your antivirus. It had the colors of a Windows warning with the red X and blue background. The AV scan was zipping along with these alerts popping up. I was so confused, luckily I didn't react immediately (which is what I tend to do), I sat and looked at the windows and realized the scan (which looked exactly like AVG) was not AVG. It was missing the 'G'. The top of the screen just said AV. When I saw that, I knew the other boxes weren't Windows. I couldn't X anything or stop the scan. I tried to open AVG but it wouldn't open. I tried Malwarebytes, no luck. I then tried to shut down the computer and the Start button wouldn't work. More pop-ups all over the place. I manually shut the computer off. When I restarted, I did the same as Karla. I clicked on Malwarebytes immediatelly before the other processes started. It instantly grabbed 3 items before it scanned (thought that was odd). After the scan it showed 7 items: Trojan horse Fake AV.CDC Virus identified Exploit PDF Trojan.Fraudepack AV Suite Rogue.AVSecurity Suite Temp Files IE5 Rogue AV Security Suite. I don't know how to show the log. I might reinstall Windows and be done with this. It was very upsetting. My netbook seems to work normally but the proxy settings were changed and it has frozen a few times. Jane

go get superantispyware free, install, hit update, choose your C drive to scan do a full scan allow it to clean everything it finds. SUPERAntiSpyware then go get malwarebytes, install, update, scan Malwarebytes Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware to your desktop. * Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program. * At the end, be sure a checkmark is placed next to Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, then click Finish. * If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version. * Once the program has loaded, select Perform full scan, then click Scan. * When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results. * Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected. then go here and do an online scan Trend Micro's FREE online virus scanner let us know how you are after that.