PC Speedup Pro is a scareware, a program that goes after your money. Their goal is to force the user to buy a license plan, usually a subscription very hard to stop unless you involve your bank in the process.
Of course to achieve this, the first step is to manage to install PC Speedup Pro in a users computer. There are several approaches to this, the first one is to set ads in websites that will direct the user towards pages owned by the program developers. They could also attach themselves to free software.
Once the program is installed, it will start a scan. After the scan the buying pressure begins, as it starts warning the user that the full version is necessary to remove all infections found. As you can see the goal is to raise panic on users not only by its words but also by the frequency and urgency of the non-stopping alerts coming from PC Speedup Pro. Here’s what those alerts might look like:
To remove PC Speedup Pro is no easy task, specially if we attempt to do it manually. Our advice is to take advantage of free tools that will automatically remove PC Speedup Pro as well as any other infection lurking around your system.
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