Emergency Mode

Emergency Mode was the name of a fake and malicious Internet Explorer clone that appeared on January 28, 2011. It closely resembles the real Internet Explorer but has fewer buttons and no search bar. If the user attempted to launch any other browser such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Safari, or the real Internet Explorer, this browser would have been loaded instead. It also displayed a fake error message, claiming that the computer is infected with malware and Internet Explorer has entered "Emergency Mode.” It blocked access to legitimate sites such as Google if the user tried to access them.