I was just leisurely browsing the Internet a while ago looking for recipes when I went into a website that set off the PCs antivirus software. The next thing I saw was a software downloading and before I knew what hit me I had a prompt on the screen telling me that Security Tool was successfully installed.
I didn't pay any attention to it as the antivirus advised it had taken care of the problem. But the program was annoying me already as it kept popping up with warnings that the PC was infected and was running fake scans. I just knew the scans were fake because I didn't install the program in the first place. It kept on advising me to register the software to which I just canceled the prompts.
I tried to delete the desktop shortcut to try and get rid of it but with no success. At this point, I was at wits end and decided to google it. And I was so shocked at what I initially read! Security Tool is a malware that tricks unsuspecting users to provide credit card details when registering the software. So I quickly looked for ways of removing the program (I didn't find it in the Windows programs list in the Control Panel) without downloading any software.
After going through several pages of the search results list, I found this video on You Tube that was so simple to do. Grab a pen and paper to take note of the instructions. Good riddance Security Tool!
Thank you caz939!
