Virus.DOS.RogueAntiSpyware

Posted: February 7, 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:	10/10
Infected PCs:	1,134

First Seen:	June 17, 2010
Last Seen:	February 18, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The Virus.DOS.Rogueantispyware is a Trojan horse infection that may steal your personal information or serve as a precursor to rogue software infiltration. Since Virus.DOS.Rogueantispyware attempts to infect computers secretly, you may not notice it until you start seeing the symptoms. Once there are obvious signs of Virus.DOS.Rogueantispyware on your computer, you should take every possible step to eradicate this virus. Just having Virus.DOS.Rogueantispyware on your computer will compromise your privacy, and it may damage your system as well.

This Trojan is also known by the popular alternate names of Trojan.Win32.Tdss.beea, Trojan:Win32/Alureon.gen!J, and DNSChanger.bu. Virus.DOS.Rogueantispyware has been on the scene for long enough that one needn't have the most updated security software to catch it. However, an up-to-date security product is recommended in any case, just to catch possible related infections. Virus.DOS.Rogueantispyware sometimes has buddies tagging along for the ride!

The Dangerous Symptoms of Virus.DOS.Rogueantispyware

Virus.DOS.Rogueantispyware may serve as a delivery mechanism for rogue malware. These rogues will pretend to be true anti-malware software when their scans do nothing, their error messages are erroneous, and their full version is only designed to steal money from the gullible. If you see pop-ups or apparent system error messages extolling the virtues of a particular scanner, avoid taking them at their word! Clicking on these and installing the rogue program recommended will only damage your system further. Remember that genuine error messages from your operating system will not link you to a purchasable product.

Your system may be altered in various ways, as Virus.DOS.Rogueantispyware seeks to download other malware and cause panic. All this is usually used to support rogue scams, which lure the user into believing that illegitimate purchasable security software has worth, causing credit cards and other financial information to be compromised. Virus.DOS.Rogueantispyware's actions are made obvious by a general slowdown of your system, files being created and removed without any readily apparent cause, and various settings being altered.

The True Threat and What You Should Do About It

Although most of Virus.DOS.Rogueantispyware's symptoms are unpleasant and damaging they aren't immediately fatal to the state of the computer. The worst Virus.DOS.Rogueantispyware can do is far worse than that, though. Virus.DOS.Rogueantispyware most invasive attack on your system is to serve as spyware. Virus.DOS.Rogueantispyware can steal information such as passwords, and along with this information, it can potentially seize your money and identity. This is the aspect of Virus.DOS.Rogueantispyware that truly rockets it up to top priority for removal, beyond less threatening malware that is content to be just a nuisance.

With deleting Virus.DOS.Rogueantispyware as your foremost goal, you should be able to succeed by using the standard anti-malware solutions. This may require using multiple scanning products to catch all the permutations of the infection, or using Windows Search to find all the relevant files to delete. For your sake, consider all information on your system insecure until the infection has been destroyed, or you may end up regretting it.

Aliases

Trojan.FakeAV!gen39 [Symantec]W32/FakeAlert.HX.gen!Eldorado [F-Prot]FakeAlert-SecurityTool.i [McAfee]Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Mufanom [Ikarus]Trojan.Win32.Hiloti.gen.f (v) [Sunbelt]Mal/Hiloti-D [Sophos]Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Mufanom.aafz [Kaspersky]Win32:Hilot [Avast]W32/Hiloti.I.gen!Eldorado [F-Prot]a variant of Win32/Cimag.DC [NOD32]Hiloti.gen.e [McAfee]Trojan.Packed.21137 [DrWeb]a variant of Win32/Kryptik.HQD [NOD32]VirTool.Win32.Obfuscator.ah!e (v) [Sunbelt]SecurityToolFraud!Gen4 [Symantec]
More aliases (86)