It is an adware program which deceives users and warns them of unexisting threats in their computers. In order to eliminate them, they are enticed to purchase a certain program. It can reach the computer through spam messages, banners or pop-up windows which are displayed in certain websites.

Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95

SmartVirusEliminator is an adware program that deceives users warning them of unexisting threats in their computers so that they purchase a certain program that removes them from the computer.

SmartVirusEliminator can reach the computer when the user accesses certain websites which display banners or pop-up windows which lead to the download of this program. It can also reach the computer in a link distributed in spam messages.

SmartVirusEliminator is easy to reconize, as it shows the following symptoms:

• When it is run, the installation process of the program is started and a screen like the following is displayed, amonmg others:
  
  
• Once installed, it opens a window similar to Windows Security Center's, in order to make users think that it is a legitimate security solution:
  
  
• The following icon is displayed in the taskbar, which belongs to the program: