Vista Antispyware 2014

Posted: October 6, 2014

Threat Metric

The Threat Meter is a malware assessment that SpywareRemove.com's research team is able to give every identifiable malware threat. Our Threat Meter includes several criteria based off of specific malware threats to value their severity, reach and volume. The Threat Meter is able to give you a numerical breakdown of each threat's initial Threat Level, Detection Count, Volume Count, Trend Path and Percentage Impact. The overall ranking of each threat in the Threat Meter is a basic breakdown of how all threats are ranked within our own extensive malware database. The scoring for each specific malware threat can be easily compared to other emerging threats to draw a contrast in its particular severity. The Threat Meter is a useful tool in the endeavor of seeking a solution to remove a threat or pursue additional analytical research for all types of computer users.

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:	8/10
Infected PCs:	7

First Seen:	October 6, 2014
Last Seen:	November 6, 2021
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Vista Antispyware 2014 is scamware that uses its appearance as an apparent anti-spyware scanner to swindle victims out of money for its registration. As a member of the Braviax or FakeRean family, Vista Antispyware 2014 also may disable essential security features for Windows, along with launching inaccurate threat alerts. Deleting Vista Antispyware 2014 is heavily advised, and, despite its appearance, Vista Antispyware 2014 always should be treated as threatening software that has no ability to protect your computer.

A Crook with Pretensions of PC Protection

Vista Antispyware 2014 is one of the newest clones of past scamware to use a format traditional to FakeRean, which is, itself, one of the largest families of fake security software, to date. This family modifies the names of its members to confirm to the infected operating systems. Consequentially, Vista Antispyware 2014 typically only will be identified in Windows Vista OSes, while you can see counterparts like Antispyware XP 2009 and Antivirus Win 7 elsewhere. However, changes between different versions of these clones, including Vista Antispyware 2014, often are merely cosmetic.

Vista Antispyware 2014's clones include Antivirus 2008 Pro, Antivirus XP 2008, Windows Antivirus 2008, Vista Antivirus 2008, PC Clean Pro, Antivirus Pro 2009, Rogue.Vista Antivirus 2008, AntiSpy Safeguard, ThinkPoint, Spyware Protection 2010, Internet Antivirus 2011, Palladium Pro, XP Anti-Virus 2011, CleanThis, XP Security 2012, XP Home Security 2012 and AntiVirus PRO 2015.

Vista Antispyware 2014 is a Trojan disguised as an anti-spyware scanner and includes functions meant to imitate the live protection, system scans and threat alerts of a real security suite. Unlike real anti-spyware products, Vista Antispyware 2014 isn't designed to detect real spyware (such as Trojan Zeus), and, instead, generates fake alerts for technically-identified threats that aren't on your hard drive. Other symptoms malware experts recommend preparing for with a Vista Antispyware 2014 infection may include:

Deleting Registry entries that various security programs require for launching.
Disabling some Windows security services.
Modifying your desktop, such as adding new shortcuts for its scamware.

However, Vista Antispyware 2014's primary financial motivation is to force its victims to buy a registration key, which Vista Antispyware 2014 markets as a means of letting Vista Antispyware 2014 remove all (fake) detected threats. To this end, Vista Antispyware 2014 will generate warning messages and infected file-scanning results, regardless of the actual state of your PC's health.

Driving a Fake Anti-Spyware out of Business

Malware researchers always encourage nothing but the highest level of trusted security solutions for detecting spyware and similar threats. However, scamware products that fake their primary features are almost as threatening as Trojans that collect information automatically. Always use reputable brands of security software to verify any questionable results from other security solutions. Avoid purchasing programs like Vista Antispyware 2014 or other FakeRean scanners, which have poor reputations around the Web, without exceptions.

Because of its confirmed, albeit disguised nature as a threat, Vista Antispyware 2014 should be deleted with appropriate anti-malware programs. Distribution methods for Vista Antispyware 2014 occasionally involve additional Trojans, or other attacks that could install secondary threats along with Vista Antispyware 2014. Proper attentiveness to these risks, along with using general, full anti-malware scans will keep your PC from suffering any side effects of a temporary Vista Antispyware 2014 infection.

Vista Antispyware 2014

Threat Metric

A Crook with Pretensions of PC Protection

Driving a Fake Anti-Spyware out of Business

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