Win 7 2012

Posted: December 15, 2011

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:	8/10
Infected PCs:	67

First Seen:	December 15, 2011
Last Seen:	March 27, 2022
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Win 7 2012 is, despite the implications in its name, a non-Microsoft product that disguises itself in the form of a fake anti-malware program while Win 7 2012 attacks your PC with inaccurate warning messages, browser redirects, software blockades and requests for money. As a copy of other types of rogue anti-malware products, Win 7 2012 can reuse many types of fraudulent error messages that make it appear as though your PC is infected by multiple types of PC threats and may redirect you to its website to encourage you to purchase its activation key. In all cases, you should ignore Win 7 2012's alerts and warnings as fraudulent. SpywareRemove.com malware analysts also recommend that you remove Win 7 2012 with an actual anti-malware program to stop the security risks that can accompany any Win 7 2012 infection (such as an inability to use unrelated programs or lose of control over your web browser).

Why Win 7 2012's Warning Messages are More of a Danger to Your PC Than Anything That Win 7 2012 Detects

Win 7 2012 is from the FakeScanti family of rogue anti-spyware and anti-virus programs as quite a few other examples of scamware. SpywareRemove.com malware experts are also familiar with many of Win 7 2012's relatives, such as Security Guard, Sysinternals Antivirus, WireShark Antivirus, Milestone Antivirus, BlueFlare Antivirus, Wolfram Antivirus, OpenCloud Antivirus, OpenCloud Security, Data Restore, OpenCloud AV, Security Guard 2012, AV Guard Online, Cloud Protection, AV Protection Online, System Protection 2012, AV Security 2012, Sphere Security 2012, AV Protection 2011 and Super AV 2013. Although these scamware products will pretend to be helpful scanners that can find PC threats on your computer, Win 7 2012 and its cousins have no ability to detect or delete Trojans, rootkits or other forms of malicious software. In lieu of doing this, Win 7 2012 will create fake alerts that make it appear as though nonexistent PC threats actually are on your PC.

These pop-ups, scanner results and other forms of fraudulent info are meant to make you panic and buy Win 7 2012 before you can figure out that Win 7 2012 is, itself, the cause of any problems on your computer. If you fall for this hoax, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers encourage you to cancel your credit card to prevent the criminals behind Win 7 2012 from making additional charges in the future. You should also consider any other form of information that was given out during Win 7 2012's purchase (such as e-mail addresses) to be compromised.

What to Do When Win 7 2012 Ups the Ante

Even though Win 7 2012 will pretend that Win 7 2012 is the only thing that can solve any problems that you're encountering on your computer Win 7 2012 will, while active, cause a number of problems without solving anything. Other side effects of a Win 7 2012 infection include:

Browser redirects to Win 7 2012's site. These redirects may also display fake warning screens or block PC security-related sites.
Blocked programs (especially security and anti-malware applications). You can work around these software barricade by rebooting into Safe Mode or by renaming the program file to a generic name (such as 'explorer.exe') that Win 7 2012 will allow by default.
The appearance of an unusual wallpaper-based warning message.

However, all of these issues can be solved if you simply remove Win 7 2012, which can be done by any form of competent and up-to-date anti-malware product. Manual removal is discouraged unless absolutely-necessary, since Win 7 2012 will alter your Registry and other components of Windows that can be damaged via an inexpert deletion of Win 7 2012.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\..{RunKeys}HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Win 7 2012"

Additional Information

The following messages's were detected:

#	Message
1	Malware Intrusion Sensitive areas of your system were found to be under attack. Spy software attack or virus infection possible. Prevent further damage or your private data will get stolen. Run an anti-spyware scan now. Click here to start.
2	System Hijack! System security threat was detected. Viruses and/or spyware may be damaging your system now. Prevent infection and data loss or stealing by running a free security scan.
3	System danger! Your system security is in danger. Privacy threats detected. Spyware, keyloggers or Trojans may be working the background right now. Perform an in-depth scan and removal now, click here.