PC Bug Repair
Posted: July 30, 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: | 2/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 5 |
First Seen: | July 30, 2012 |
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Last Seen: | December 2, 2021 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
PC Bug Repair is a rogue anti-malware scanner that pretends to find spyware and other high-level threats on your PC while PC Bug Repair makes no actual attempts at accurate threat detection or removal. Along with its fake warning messages, PC Bug Repair will encourage you to spend money on purchasing the full version of its software, supposedly so that PC Bug Repair can remove the nonexistent PC threats that PC Bug Repair detects. Our malware researchers recommend that you remove PC Bug Repair with an anti-malware program, just as you'd do for any Trojan or other type of intentionally harmful program.
PC Bug Repair – a Specialist in Camouflage and Distraction
PC Bug Repair should always be treated as malicious software in and of itself, but this may not be obvious in an initial inspection. Like other rogue anti-malware programs, PC Bug Repair attempts to look like a product that has the ability to detect errors and infections on your PC, and PC Bug Repair's scanner features will always display PC threats such as members of the Zlob family regardless of whether or not they're really on your computer. Related security frauds include PC Bug Repair indicating infections in system settings folders or that some of your hard drives are experiencing unspecified errors.
While PC Bug Repair claims that PC Bug Repair has removed some of these issues, PC Bug Repair recommends that you spend money on its software to finalize the deletion of some high-level PC threats. Our malware researchers warn against spending money on PC Bug Repair, which is unable to find any type of badware or solve any form of hard drive-related problem even in its purchased version.
Getting the Real Bug Out of Your System
PC Bug Repair or PC threats that install PC Bug Repair on your computer may also cause other side effects that are common to fake anti-malware programs. These include malfunctioning security-related programs, browser redirects and system settings that are changed to make your PC vulnerable to attacks by other sources. Our malware experts recommend that you disable PC Bug Repair and related PC threats by booting into Safe Mode before you make any attempt to scan your computer for PC Bug Repair's removal.
While PC Bug Repair's personal distribution vectors haven't yet been analyzed, similar types of scamware are often installed by Trojans that are included in fake media updates for movie players or codecs. By always procuring software updates strictly from reputable websites, you cut off a major means of distribution for fake anti-malware scanners like PC Bug Repair and members of other families (such as WinWebSec and Win32/FakeVimes).
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