Vista Antivirus Plus 2013

Posted: December 5, 2012

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:	2/10
Infected PCs:	9

First Seen:	December 5, 2012
Last Seen:	March 12, 2022
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Vista Antivirus Plus 2013 is a rogue anti-virus scanner that pretends to detect threats on your computer, but requests money to use its fictitious deletion feature if you try to use Vista Antivirus Plus 2013 to remove any malware. Other attacks that SpywareRemove.com malware experts also consider probable from Vista Antivirus Plus 2013 include negative changes to your system settings, attempts to block other programs and attempts to control which websites your browser can access. Since Vista Antivirus Plus 2013 isn't an actual security program and can't remove viruses or other types of malware, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers never recommend purchasing Vista Antivirus Plus 2013. Instead, the safest solution to a Vista Antivirus Plus 2013 infection is to disable Vista Antivirus Plus 2013 (via methods described in this article) and then remove Vista Antivirus Plus 2013 with a legitimate anti-malware product.

The Many Negatives to Vista Antivirus Plus 2013's 'Plus' Security

While Vista Antivirus Plus 2013 pretends to be a helpful anti-virus product, SpywareRemove.com malware experts easily identified Vista Antivirus Plus 2013 as being no better than scamware, that's derived from a lengthy ancestry of similar PC threats. Vista Antivirus Plus 2013's family, technically identified as FakeRean and referred to casually as Multirogue 2013, has been known to switch brand names and appearances with individual variants, although their definitive functions always take the form of fake security features. Some examples of these relatives of Vista Antivirus Plus 2013 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 Antivirus Plus 2013's appearance as an anti-virus scanner is leveraged to create fake pop-up alerts and scanner results that detect nonexistent infections. Besides its fraudulent security features, Vista Antivirus Plus 2013 also may engage in attacks that SpywareRemove.com malware experts consider more serious than simple misleading pop-ups, such as:

Vista Antivirus Plus 2013 may alter your system settings to force every EXE (program executable) file to be filtered through itself. This allows Vista Antivirus Plus 2013 to block programs arbitrarily. Specific security-related programs also may be blocked by Vista Antivirus Plus 2013 through additional attacks.
Vista Antivirus Plus 2013 may monitor your web traffic when you try to use a popular web browser and block sites that Vista Antivirus Plus 2013 considers undesirable (by redirecting your browser to a fake error/warning page).
Other security-related Windows features also may be disabled, such as updates from the Windows Security Center.

Doing the Math that Makes Vista Antivirus Plus 2013 Equal a Big Zero

Through the aforementioned system changes, Vista Antivirus Plus 2013 will make it hard for you to use your machine, although Vista Antivirus Plus 2013's fake security functions will try to make these attacks look as though they're being caused by unrelated malware. Since Vista Antivirus Plus 2013's impact on your PC's security is significantly negative, SpywareRemove.com malware research team recommends that you act to remove Vista Antivirus Plus 2013 as quickly as is feasible.

Most competent brands of anti-malware programs should be capable of removing Vista Antivirus Plus 2013 and other members of the FakeRean family of rogue anti-malware scanners. If Vista Antivirus Plus 2013 attempts to block the anti-malware software you'd like to use, SpywareRemove.com malware experts recommend that you boot Windows into Safe Mode. This will disable Vista Antivirus Plus 2013 and make Vista Antivirus Plus 2013 ripe for deletion by appropriate methods.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:

%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]

File name: %AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]
Group: Malware file

%AppData%\Local\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe

File name: %AppData%\Local\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file

%AppData%\Local\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]

File name: %AppData%\Local\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]
Group: Malware file

%AllUsersProfile%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]

File name: %AllUsersProfile%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]
Group: Malware file

%Temp%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]

File name: %Temp%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]
Group: Malware file

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\{Value}HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\DefaultIcon "(Default)" = '%1' = '"%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe" /START "%1" %*"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe "Content Type" = 'application/x-msdownload'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe "(Default)" = 'exefile'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command "IsolatedCommand" = '"%1" %*'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\runas\command "(Default)" = '"%1" %*'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command "(Default)" = '"%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe" /START "%1" %*'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile "Content Type" = 'application/x-msdownload'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile "(Default)" = 'Application'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile\DefaultIcon "(Default)" = '%1'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile\shell\runas\command "IsolatedCommand" – '"%1" %*'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile\shell\runas\command "(Default)"= '"%1" %*HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command "IsolatedCommand" = '"%1" %*'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command “(Default)” = '"%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe" /START "%1" %*'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\open\command "(Default)" = '"%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe" /START "%1" %*'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\safemode\command "(Default)" = '"%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe' /START "%Program Files%\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -safe-mode'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = '"%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe" /START "%Program Files%\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = '"%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe" /START "%Program Files%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"'HKEY..\..\..\..{Subkeys}HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\runas\command "IsolatedCommand" = '"%1" %*'

Additional Information

The following messages's were detected:

#	Message
1	Stealth intrusion! Infection detected in the background. Your computer is now attacked by spyware and rogue software. Eliminate the infection safely, perform a security scan and deletion now.
2	Tracking software found! Your PC activity is being monitored. Possible spyware infection. Your data security may be compromised. Sensitive data can be stolen. Prevent damage now by completing a security scan.
3	Virus infection! System security was found to be compromised. Your computer is now infected. Attention, irreversible system changes may occur. Private data may get stolen. Click here now for an instant anti-virus scan.
4	Vista Antivirus Plus 2013 Alert Internet Connection alert! Suspicious network activity detected! Malware infection is possible!
5	Vista Antivirus Plus 2013 Alert System hacked! Unknown programs is scanning your system registry right now! Identity theft detected!
6	Vista Antivirus Plus 2013 Firewall Alert Vista Antivirus Plus 2013 has blocked a program from accessing the internet Internet Explorer is infected with Trojan-BNK.Win32.Keylogger.gen Private data can be stolen by third parties, including credit card details and passwords.