Volcano Security Suite

Volcano Security Suite is a piece of harmful security software that disguises itself as an antispyware program. [1] It issues a false messages and alerts, and false system scan results on the computer to scare people to pay for the full version of the rogue software. It is a part of FakeVimes family. [2]

Symptoms of infection
  • It attempts to disable some legitimate antivirus programs.
  • It can also hijack the Internet Explorer.
  • It also displays false alerts stating that the computer is infected with malware.

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Removal

Volcano Security Suite can be detected and removed by certain antivirus and antispyware like SpyHunter malware suite[2], as well as Malwarebytes antimalware. [3]

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See also

References
  1. "Remove Volcano Security Suite (Uninstall Guide)".
  2. "Volcano Security Suite or a variant of Win32/Kryptik.AYL Removal Report".
  3. "Removal instructions for Volcano Security Suite".


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