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Analyzing PC Performance & Stability Report

Posted: May 18, 2011

Analyzing PC Performance & Stability Report is a deceiver system security warning that's shared between several different rogue security and defragmenter programs. The contents of Analyzing PC Performance & Stability Report windows will try to convince you that your PC has numerous problems that these rogue security programs can cure, but this is simply a fraud to scam you out of your money. Rogue security programs that use Analyzing PC Performance & Stability Report errors are known to cause other problems like browser hijacks and disabled applications. You can remove occurrences of Analyzing PC Performance & Stability Report pop-ups by removing the corresponding threat with advanced anti-malware application.

Analyzing PC Performance & Stability Report – Passed Between a Trio of Threats

Analyzing PC Performance & Stability Report is used by at least three separate rogue security programs: Windows 7 Recovery, Windows Vista Recovery, and Windows XP Recovery. You may also see Analyzing PC Performance & Stability Report or similar pop-ups that are created by related threats like Windows Tool, Windows Repair and Windows Restore.

In all cases, the names and appearances of these threats are a little different from each other, but they will be consistently similar in how they choose to attack your PC. Analyzing PC Performance & Stability Report pop-up usage is a common method of attack that creates a fake system scan in the appearance of normal anti-malware scanner activity.

Fake scans by Analyzing PC Performance & Stability Report pop-ups will indicate many different problems in areas like 'junk files and folders,' 'private data safety and stability' and 'registry errors.' A limited amount of sections may also be reported to have no problems at all, just to convince you that the rogue security program that's using Analyzing PC Performance & Stability Report scans is really doing a good job.

These scans will finish far more quickly than the time any legitimate system scan would take to conclude, because Analyzing PC Performance & Stability Report isn't really scanning your PC at all. You can disregard all fake error reports – the only error on your PC that you need to fret over is the threat that's using Analyzing PC Performance & Stability Report.

A Suitable Response to the Fake Scan from Analyzing PC Performance & Stability Report

Analyzing PC Performance & Stability Report pop-ups are primarily dangerous for their ability to be a prelude to being linked to malicious websites. Windows Vista Recovery and other Analyzing PC Performance & Stability Report-using rogue security programs will continually link you to their websites to force you to purchase an activation key. However, purchasing a rogue security program, even for the purpose of deleting it, will endanger both your PC and your credit card.

Threats that use Analyzing PC Performance & Stability Report alerts will start up without your permission whenever Windows starts. The nigh-permanent background activity of such threats can result in other attacks:

  • Browser hijacks. Hijacks can alter your homepage, alter where your browser is sent after clicking a link, create malicious links, use fake website warnings to wall off safe websites and even redirect you after you type in an URL or web search.
  • Difficulty in using various applications, especially anti-malware program or default Windows programs. Task Manager, the Registry Editor, MSConfig and various system-scanning tools may be disabled. You may even see fake errors that tell you that the above programs are infected to throw suspicion off the Analyzing PC Performance & Stability Report-using threat.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll
    2 %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.exe
    3 %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~
    4 %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~r
    5 %UserProfile%\Desktop\Windows XP Recovery.lnk
    6 %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Windows XP Recovery
    7 %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Windows XP Recovery\Uninstall Windows XP Recovery.lnk
    8 %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Windows XP Recovery\Windows XP Recovery.lnk

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{Subkeys}HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download "CheckExeSignatures" = 'no'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Use FormSuggest" = 'yes'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced "Hidden" = '0'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced "ShowSuperHidden" = 0'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings "CertificateRevocation" = '0'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings "WarnonBadCertRecving" = '0'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop "NoChangingWallPaper" = '1'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations "LowRiskFileTypes" = '/{hq:/s`s:/ogn:/uyu:/dyd:/c`u:/bnl:/ble:/sdf:/lrh:/iul:/iulm:/fhg:/clq:/kqf:/`wh:/lqf:/lqdf:/lnw:/lq2:/l2t:/v`w:/rbs:'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments "SaveZoneInformation" = '1'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System "DisableTaskMgr" = '1'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ""HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ".exe"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system "DisableTaskMgr" = '1'
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