Wireshark Antivirus is a rogue anti-spyware program from the same family as Sysinternals Antivirus. This rogue is attempting to confuse people by using a name that is well known in the security community. By using the name Wireshark, this rogue is trying to confuse users into thinking that they are related to the the legitimate network protocol analyzer called Wireshark that is commonly used to diagnose the traffic that is flowing over a network. WireShark Antivirus, though, is a program that ransoms the proper operation of your computer until you purchase it. Wireshark Antivirus is promoted through the use of Trojans that will install the program onto your computer without permission as well as advertisements pretending to be online anti-malware scanners.Once Wireshark Antivirus is installed, it will be configured to start automatically when Windows starts. Once started it will perform a scan and state that you have numerous infections on your computer, but will not allow you to remove or disinfect them until you purchase the program. The reality is that all of the files it states are infections are actually legitimate Microsoft Windows files. These include iexplore.exe, calc.exe, msimn.exe, wmplayer.exe, and explorer.exe. None of these files are actually infected, so please do not attempt to delete them manually as it could cause Windows to not operate properly While Wireshark Antivirus is running it will also block applications from running on your computer. When you …

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