Windows Secure Workshop

Windows Secure Workshop Description

Windows Secure Workshop is a spinoff of a family of rogue anti-malware products that has have been spawning scamware all around the world. Although much of Windows Secure Workshop’s appearance borrows from the looks of previous Microsoft anti-malware utilities, Windows Secure Workshop isn’t able to detect PC threats or remove harmful software from your hard drive. SpywareRemove.com malware experts note that any PC playing host to Windows Secure Workshop is most likely to suffer from blocked access to necessary security programs – in-between Windows Secure Workshop’s own predilections for displaying fake security warnings and system scans with inaccurate infection listings. Like all similar examples of scamware, Windows Secure Workshop should be deleted with a genuine anti-malware tool as a basic matter of sorting fraudulent PC security displays from the real thing.

Windows Secure Workshop’s Hoax from pop-up to Pop-up

Although Windows Secure Workshop might not be able to root out legitimate infections, exploits or other PC threats, Windows Secure Workshop still attempts to convince you that Windows Secure Workshop has such capabilities through a combination of fake pop-up warnings and security scans. Although many PC threats are identified by their technical names and include high-level dangers such as rootkits and specialized forms of spyware, Windows Secure Workshop’s pop-ups and scans are predestined to display such negative results even if your computer is almost completely clean. Alerts from Windows Secure Workshop also may imitate the appearance of Microsoft Security Essentials, Windows Security Center and other Microsoft applications, besides reporting false attacks on Windows components like the Registry.

What Windows Secure Workshop’s Security Really is Protecting

While identifying Windows Secure Workshop as fake anti-malware software should alleviate the danger of following its poor security advice, any Windows Secure Workshop infection may also damage your PC’s security in ways that are more real than its scanner results. While active (which Windows Secure Workshop will be, under most circumstances, due to starting up automatically with Windows), Windows Secure Workshop may attempt to block unrelated applications. SpywareRemove.com malware research team has found the most common targets of such blockades to include:

Firewall utilities that block malicious network traffic, such as the Windows Firewall.
Memory-monitoring utilities, such as Windows Task Manager.
Popular brands of anti-virus, anti-spyware and general anti-malware scanners. SpywareRemove.com malware experts note that this may force you to disable Windows Secure Workshop (via a Safe Mode boot or USB drive-based boot) before you can launch software that’s capable of deleting Windows Secure Workshop safely.
Competing brands of rogue anti-malware products, such as PC Antispyware 2010.

Besides disabling Windows Secure Workshop, faking Windows Secure Workshop’s registration with a freely-distributed key may also be helpful for making removing Windows Secure Workshop slightly easier than usual, although this step shouldn’t be considered mandatory.

Windows Secure Workshop Automatic Detection Tool (Recommended)

Is your PC infected with Windows Secure Workshop? To safely & quickly detect Windows Secure Workshop, we highly recommend you run the malware scanner listed below.

Download SpyHunter's* Malware Scanner to detect Windows Secure Workshop What happens if Windows Secure Workshop does not let you open SpyHunter or blocks the Internet?

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:

#	File Name
1	%AppData%\Inspector-[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe
2	%AppData%\npswf32.dll
3	%AppData%\Protector-[RANDOM 3 CHARACTERS].exe
4	%CommonPrograms%\Windows Secure Workshop.lnk
5	%DesktopDir%\Windows Secure Workshop.lnk

Registry Modifications

Tutorial: To edit and delete registry entries manually, read the tutorial on how to remove malicious registry entries.

Tip & Warning: Editing and removing the wrong registry keys can severely damage your PC, so remember to backup your Windows Registry! To optimize your Windows Registry and speed up your PC, download RegHunter's registry cleaner.

The following newly produced Registry Values are:
HKEY..\..\{Value}HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings "WarnOnHTTPSToHTTPRedirect" = 0HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System "DisableRegistryTools" = 0HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System "DisableTaskMgr" = 0HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Settings "net" = u_2012-08-12_1HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Settings "UID" = mksu7xhdyqHKEY..\..\..\..{Subkeys}HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Inspector"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe