Facebook virus (Enhanced Protection Mode). How to remove virus spreading via Facebook

Enhanced Protection Mode is the virus of which we have told you recently, haven’t we? Well, it has come to our attention recently that now this malware is being spread via Facebook social network in the form of fake YouTube page. First of all, we want to assure you that Facebook is the decent and reputable company headquartered in the US and that it has nothing to do with this type of virus. However, cyber crooks use Facebook as a ground for distributing their malware products in order to get the control over your PC.

Enhanced Protection Mode fake warning. How to get rid of Enhanced Protection Mode virus

Enhanced Protection Mode message poppin-up in the bottom-right part of user’s desktop has nothing to do with the real warning of your anti-virus program installed onto your computer. It should be noted that in fact Enhanced Protection Mode is the virus program which makes attempts to scare you into purchasing it. Typically in all of the cases in the beginning of “Enhanced Protection Mode” message you would also see the name of the main decent anti-virus program available on your PC. However, even though its name is partially used in the beginning, still such notification has nothing to do with this decent anti-virus. By the way, Enhanced Protection Mode virus infection is spread via Trojan which is distributed in the form of fake flash player updates. The icon of this update download looks decent, but the fact is that this file and its installation brings nothing good for your PC. In fact, this virus called Enhanced Protection Mode tends to delete fully or partially the decent anti-virus program installed on your workstation and to abuse the icons of such decent anti-virus tool. Thus, after fixing your PC and after you remove Enhanced Protection Mode virus you also might need to restore your previous state of the anti-virus program on your PC. Below please find the list of the latest known modifications of Enhanced Protection Mode virus, depending on the operating system installed on user’s computer:

• Avira AntiVir Enhanced Protection Mode
• Avast Enhanced Protection Mode
• Norton AntiVirus Enhanced Protection Mode
• Microsoft Defender Enhanced Protection Mode
• Microsoft Security Essentials Enhanced Protection Mode
• McAfee Enhanced Protection Mode
• Dr.Web Enhanced Protection Mode
• Comodo Enhanced Protection Mode
• ESET Smart Security Enhanced Protection Mode