Content Defender
Posted: August 26, 2015
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.
Ranking: | 4,522 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 72,451 |
First Seen: | August 17, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | October 17, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Content Defender is a web browser extension that is cleverly advertised as a useful utility that can enhance your web browser's security. It does so by protecting you from accessing phishing websites and malicious web destinations. At least, this is what Content Defender's website says. In reality, though, the extension isn't capable of achieving much when it comes to online security. In fact, it doesn't pack any features that may protect you while browsing the web and, unfortunately, the only thing that this extension's installations may bring you are annoying ads that will accompany your web browsing journey.
The Content Defender extension is classified as adware, so its removal is strongly recommended. This software won't bring any useful features or tools to your computer, and the only thing that will notify you of its presence are the Content Defender ads flooding your web browser. Removing this extension is the only way to remove the ads that it spawns, so your best bet would be to download a potent anti-malware application and use its scanner to discover and remove all of Content Defender's components.
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:c:\windows\system32\drivers\condef.sys
File name: condef.sysSize: 56.11 KB (56112 bytes)
MD5: 2662a31ffc8565492a0492ae90ac52d7
Detection count: 234
File type: System file
Mime Type: unknown/sys
Path: c:\windows\system32\drivers\condef.sys
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 18, 2023
C:\System Volume Information\_restore{02EF14A9-1484-4129-B0B2-B0A26FE0A77E}\RP29\A0016816.sys
File name: A0016816.sysSize: 56.36 KB (56368 bytes)
MD5: 14a2aef6aff5a438acace9c1d1b09ab8
Detection count: 61
File type: System file
Mime Type: unknown/sys
Path: C:\System Volume Information\_restore{02EF14A9-1484-4129-B0B2-B0A26FE0A77E}\RP29\A0016816.sys
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 8, 2022
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\condefclean.exe
File name: condefclean.exeSize: 113.88 KB (113880 bytes)
MD5: ab32d5d764d252be947747807cf19b47
Detection count: 42
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\condefclean.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 8, 2022
C:\WINDOWS\Temp\Временная папка 1 для ContentDefender.zip\driver\tdi__amd64.sys
File name: tdi__amd64.sysSize: 61.23 KB (61232 bytes)
MD5: 3c85a37a54db8567fb49454f1e843995
Detection count: 35
File type: System file
Mime Type: unknown/sys
Path: C:\WINDOWS\Temp\Временная папка 1 для ContentDefender.zip\driver\tdi__amd64.sys
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 8, 2022
%TEMP%\condefclean.exe
File name: condefclean.exeSize: 114.73 KB (114736 bytes)
MD5: fe116abb3e0da251e6a5e4bb4a9f06dc
Detection count: 32
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %TEMP%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 23, 2016
%WINDIR%\TEMP\condefclean.exe
File name: condefclean.exeSize: 114.84 KB (114848 bytes)
MD5: 52f8a78bb360a1e22d47376dc4539c44
Detection count: 22
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %WINDIR%\TEMP
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 23, 2016
C:\Users\<username>\Desktop\Windows.old\Program Files\Content Defender\condefclean.exe
File name: condefclean.exeSize: 115.76 KB (115760 bytes)
MD5: a7ca1302b699f7f3f489aba51074454c
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\Desktop\Windows.old\Program Files\Content Defender\condefclean.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 11, 2023
%TEMP%\condefclean.exe
File name: condefclean.exeSize: 114.73 KB (114736 bytes)
MD5: 6fb26930ef0402a5009684c9da5cde01
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %TEMP%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 1, 2020
%TEMP%\condefclean.exe
File name: condefclean.exeSize: 115.76 KB (115760 bytes)
MD5: afe94bbfc5c953e3c6f618096e988e5e
Detection count: 3
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %TEMP%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 23, 2016
Registry Modifications
CLSID{35F4BB37-03C5-41DE-85AF-7C301390C7EC}{3E0DB45B-9FCC-4064-B48C-080BD03A99A4}{9B7395C3-28B5-445E-AA7D-539B63514CAB}{B28F9114-243E-4046-B173-11825352D18A}{B910D9A1-9F21-484A-8650-82250DABF38E}{C81BED3B-31BD-491F-813D-78EFC2638CE1}{CCA2A357-CCB4-41C9-B6F5-4F202B8CDC82}{D5397E85-8AF4-414B-90FC-9F4244CD46FA}Regexp file mask%WINDIR%\system32\Drivers\contentdefenderdrv.sysHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\ContentDefenderSYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_CONTENTDEFENDERDRVSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\ContentDefenderSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\contentdefenderdrvSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_CONTENTDEFENDERDRVSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\ContentDefenderSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\contentdefenderdrvHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}ContentDefender
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