Win Defragmenter
Posted: December 2, 2010
Threat Metric
The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:
Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
| Threat Level: | 10/10 |
|---|---|
| Infected PCs: | 21 |
| First Seen: | December 1, 2010 |
|---|---|
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Win Defragmenter is a rogue defragmenter (or 'defragger') that's closely tied to other rogue security programs that use similar appearances and identical attacks under different program names. Win Defragmenter will offer many services besides defragging, but every single one of Win Defragmenter's services is fake. Tolerating Win Defragmenter on your PC will only subject you to overblown fake system alerts, files disappearing from your view and programs shutting down at random intervals. You should try to remove Win Defragmenter as soon as you find it on your computer since Win Defragmenter presents a significant security risk.
Win Defragmenter: False Product and Real PC Threat
Win Defragmenter is a new version of an old rogue defragger that goes by many names, such as Good Memory, Fast Disk, My Disk, Disk OK, Win Scanner, HDD OK and HDD Rescue. You may get infected by Win Defragmenter when you visit a website that hosts malicious advertisements, or by downloading Win Defragmenter from a criminal website that makes Win Defragmenter sound like a useful defragger.
Supposedly, Win Defragmenter offers in-depth system diagnostics, including an analysis of RAM, proactive system protection, junk file cleanup and memory optimization. In reality, Win Defragmenter offers none of these services, but you will see errors popping up that make you think that Win Defragmenter is detecting threats:
32% of HDD space is unreadable
System Restore
The system has been restored after a critical error. Data integrity and hard drive integrity verification required.
Read time of hard drive clusters less than 500 ms
Requested registry access is not allowed. Registry defragmentation required
Bad sectors on hard drive or damaged file allocation table
Ram Temperature is 83 C. Optimization is required for normal operation.
Windows detected a hard drive problem.
A hard drive error occurred while starting the application.
Data Safety Problem. System integrity is at risk.
GPU RAM temperature is critically high. Urgent RAM memory optimization is required to prevent system crash
Windows cannot find [executable file]. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then click Search.
Drive C initializing error
Hard drive doesn’t respond to system commands
Critical Error
A critical error has occurred while indexing data stored on hard drive. System restart required.
Registry Error – Critical Error
Don't think for one second that any of these warnings actually tell you anything about your operating system! Win Defragmenter is preprogrammed to create these messages at irregular intervals; it's all part of a scheme to get a hold on your credit card number.
The Escalating Nature of Win Defragmenter Attacks
Win Defragmenter has more problems in store for those who learn to disregard Win Defragmenter's fake system warnings, such as:
- File visibility issues. Win Defragmenter uses a Trojan to perform certain actions like make it appear as though your files and folders have vanished or moved to different locations. Don't be frightened by this unusual trick; Win Defragmenter hasn't harmed the files themselves, only made it appear as though they were harmed by attacking the Windows file-viewing interface.
- Application crashes. Programs may refuse to run when first launched or may crash after a certain period of time, with or without error messages. Win Defragmenter would like you to believe that the programs themselves are infected or damaged, but the truth is that Win Defragmenter is closing them to stop you from accessing other software.
- Win Defragmenter will insert startup entries into your Windows Registry. These entries let Win Defragmenter and other malware run whenever Windows starts, even if you don't deliberately open the programs. There's no way to disable this without diving into the Registry yourself or using anti-malware programs to remove the entries as part of a system scan.
Most PC users will find it convenient to use an anti-malware scanner to solve their problems, since manually removing Registry entries and other components of Win Defragmenter can cause even more serious problems. Deleting Win Defragmenter shouldn't be a serious challenge as long as you use software that's reputable and make sure that Win Defragmenter isn't active during the scan.
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