Win7/XP Defender
Posted: December 26, 2012
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 |
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Infected PCs: | 38 |
First Seen: | December 26, 2012 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Win7/XP Defender is a rogue anti-spyware application. Win7/XP Defender is often downloaded and installed by a Trojan through browser security holes, or via other unconventional and unethical mechanisms. Once installed, Win7/XP Defender will display notifications of imaginary security and privacy risks in its attempts to get the user to purchase its full version and may generate system slow down and instability. This program can be extremaly difficult to remove manually.
Win7/XP Defender is a member of the WinPC Defender family. There are numerous clones of Win7/XP Defenderthat include Ultimate Defender, SystemDefender, IE Defender, Advanced XP Defender, XP Defender, WinDefender2008, PCTotalDefender, PC Defender 2008, Personal Defender 2009, WinDefender 2009, Perfect Defender 2009, Total Defender, Malware Defender 2009, WinPC Defender, PC Privacy Defender, Smart Defender Pro, Rogue.UltimateDefender, FraudTool.LastDefender.b and Security Defender Pro 2015.
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:%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\Win 7 Defender.lnk
File name: %AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\Win 7 Defender.lnkMime Type: unknown/lnk
Group: Malware file
%CommonAppData%\pcdfdata\.exe
File name: %CommonAppData%\pcdfdata\.exeFile type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
%CommonAppData%\pcdfdata\app.ico
File name: %CommonAppData%\pcdfdata\app.icoMime Type: unknown/ico
Group: Malware file
%CommonAppData%\pcdfdata\config.bin
File name: %CommonAppData%\pcdfdata\config.binFile type: Binary File
Mime Type: unknown/bin
Group: Malware file
%CommonAppData%\pcdfdata\defs.bin
File name: %CommonAppData%\pcdfdata\defs.binFile type: Binary File
Mime Type: unknown/bin
Group: Malware file
%CommonAppData%\pcdfdata\support.ico
File name: %CommonAppData%\pcdfdata\support.icoMime Type: unknown/ico
Group: Malware file
%CommonAppData%\pcdfdata\uninst.ico
File name: %CommonAppData%\pcdfdata\uninst.icoMime Type: unknown/ico
Group: Malware file
%CommonAppData%\pcdfdata\vl.bin
File name: %CommonAppData%\pcdfdata\vl.binFile type: Binary File
Mime Type: unknown/bin
Group: Malware file
%CommonStartMenu%\Programs\Win 7 Defender\Remove Win 7 Defender.lnk
File name: %CommonStartMenu%\Programs\Win 7 Defender\Remove Win 7 Defender.lnkFile type: Shortcut
Mime Type: unknown/lnk
Group: Malware file
%CommonStartMenu%\Programs\Win 7 Defender\Win 7 Defender Help and Support.lnk
File name: %CommonStartMenu%\Programs\Win 7 Defender\Win 7 Defender Help and Support.lnkFile type: Shortcut
Mime Type: unknown/lnk
Group: Malware file
%CommonStartMenu%\Programs\Win 7 Defender\Win 7 Defender.lnk
File name: %CommonStartMenu%\Programs\Win 7 Defender\Win 7 Defender.lnkFile type: Shortcut
Mime Type: unknown/lnk
Group: Malware file
Registry Modifications
HKEY..\..\{Value}HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "pcdfsvc" = "%CommonAppData%\pcdfdata\.exe /min"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command "(Default)" = ""%CommonAppData%\pcdfdata\.exe" /ex "%1" %*"HKEY..\..\..\..{Subkeys}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\pcdfdata
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