yhikab.exe Removal Guide

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yhikab.exe Removal Guide

yhikab.exe is a rogue anti-virus program from the Rogue:Win32/FakeVimes malware family. Firstly, rogue anti-virus software are programs that are, as the name suggests, fake anti-virus programs. They look real, they might even act real but the truth is very different. So what’s the actual point of rogue anti-virus software? Well, it’s normally to con you out of your hard earned cash. This particular variant is displayed as pop-up window which tells you that your PC needs scanning to make sure it has no nasty viruses lurking on it. The fake anti-virus will ‘perform’ the scan and then – surprise, surprise – tell you that, yes your computer is infected by dangerous malware, for example Trojan.Spy, Backdoor, Email-Worm, etc. Its next move will be to recommend that you upgrade to its full version (for a cost) so it can clean your machine. Rogue anti-virus software prays on our vulnerabilities – especially in an age where we store so much sensitive data online, such as banking information. Of course we don’t want to put ourselves at risk, therefore many of us are fooled into paying for the removal of these so-called viruses. So, if you got a warning from this fake program as well, DO NOT buy it and remove it from the system immediately. To remove yhikab.exe from your computer, please follow the steps in the removal guide below.

If you already paid for it, please contact your credit card company and dispute the charges. In reality you’ve just paid for something which has been designed to look like anti-virus software by pretending to scan your laptop or desktop and fake the removal of viruses which weren’t there in the first place! The other worrying thing is that you’ve also just handed over your bank details to someone who profits from making money fraudulently online.

Put simply yhikab.exe can be a real pain when you’re using your computer. But how does it get on your computer in the first place? Let’s take a closer look.

It can be installed when you visit a site that has been infected, or you’ve downloaded something which has been bundled with it. Other rogue anti-viruses are drive-by downloads. These download and install themselves without any action from you at all. In the majority of cases they do so by exploiting vulnerabilities in your browser, Java and Adobe programs. So, make sure these are updated all the time.

And if you think that you’re probably safe from being targeted by yhikab.exe because you don’t visit ‘the sorts of websites’ that would likely be infected and you don’t do much downloading, think again. Do you use Facebook? Chances are, like many of us, you do. Well here’s the thing because not only can browsing the Internet be dangerous but using social networking sites can be too. Be very careful when clicking on shady links even if they were posted by people you know and trust. Social networks are very often used to distributed rogue anti-virus programs and other malware. To learn more, please read Facebook security and privacy best practices.