Trojan.Lameshield

Posted: July 23, 2012

Threat Metric

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Threat Level:	9/10
Infected PCs:	30

First Seen:	July 23, 2012
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Trojan.Lameshield is a technical ID for various brand names of rogue anti-malware scanners from the Winwebsec family of scamware. Under most circumstances, you shouldn't need to notice an anti-malware alert about Trojan.Lameshield to notice its presence, since Trojan.Lameshield causes extremely visible symptoms that include fake security alerts, disabled web browsers and system scans with results that aren't anywhere near reality. Because Trojan.Lameshield may also download other PC threats and is a danger to your computer, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers also recommend that you delete Trojan.Lameshield with an appropriate and legitimate brand of anti-malware software as soon as you detect Trojan.Lameshield on your hard drive.

Trojan.Lameshield: a Single Label for a PC Threat That's Equally Lame by Diverse Product Names

Trojan.Lameshield can be used to identify multiple members of the Winwebsec family, a group of scamware that can be detected by their common skins (including similar button placement and a ubiquitous 'shield' icon), as well as their shared attacks traits. Members of Trojan.Lameshield's family that SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have confirmed as being still-in-distribution as of this year include Personal Shield Pro, Security Sphere 2012, Smart Protection 2012, Smart Fortress 2012, Security Shield and Live Security Platinum. Although all variants of Trojan.Lameshield attempt to portray themselves as benign anti-malware products, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have verified that there is no version of Trojan.Lameshield that's able to detect or delete malicious software.

Like most types of rogue anti-malware software, Trojan.Lameshield will display fraudulent pop-ups that try to convince you that various nonexistent infections are assailing your PC, along with equally unreliable system scans. These pretenses at security can and should be ignored, since deleting objects that Trojan.Lameshield claims are infected can damage your PC or result in a loss of harmless files. Most alerts from Trojan.Lameshield-based scamware will display specific types of PC threats, such as worms (for example, Trojan.IRCBot.d or Win32.Blackmail.xx), Trojans (Trojan.BAT.FormatC.z or Trojan.Win32.Killfiles.Im) or spyware.

Breaking Down Trojan.Lameshield's Personal Defenses to Get Your PC's Safety Back Online

Trojan.Lameshield may attempt to block your browser access with fake firewall pop-ups and has a high chance to attempt to block unrelated programs, as well, such as Notepad, Task Manager or Regedit. Under normal circumstances, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers recommend that you try to disable Trojan.Lameshield before any other action is taken, so that you can relieve these symptoms and access anti-malware software without hindrance. If the Windows Safe Mode feature can't accomplish this, you may wish to try deactivating Trojan.Lameshield's startup routine by booting your PC via a removable storage device.

Spending money on Trojan.Lameshield is never advisable, regardless of what types of fake alerts Trojan.Lameshield attempts to scam you with, and SpywareRemove.com malware research team encourages you to scan your machine as deeply as possible to rid yourself of Trojan.Lameshield and any associated PC threats.

Trojan.Lameshield

Threat Metric

Trojan.Lameshield: a Single Label for a PC Threat That's Equally Lame by Diverse Product Names

Breaking Down Trojan.Lameshield's Personal Defenses to Get Your PC's Safety Back Online

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