Fake Advanced Security Center

Posted: March 30, 2012

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.

Ranking:	5,843
Threat Level:	1/10
Infected PCs:	2,183

First Seen:	March 30, 2012
Last Seen:	October 13, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The fake Advanced Security Center is a fraudulent feature of rogue anti-virus products that are associated with the Win32/FakeVimes family. Although the Fake Advanced Security Center may display convincing facsimiles of security features, the fake Advanced Security Center functions don't have any legitimate security value or ability to protect your PC from harm. Since the fake Advanced Security Center may also be used to redirect you to harmful scamware-promoting websites or display false diagnostic information, SpywareRemove.com malware experts recommend that you avoid any prolonged interaction with the fake Advanced Security Center features. Instead of taking the fake Advanced Security Center's features at their word, you should delete the rogue AV program in question with any anti-malware product that's capable of handling -based PC threats.

The Fake Advanced Security Center – Stealing Form from Microsoft without the Function Behind It

The fake Advanced Security Center is just a small part of a large facade that's created by fake AV applications like Since the overall aesthetics of these FakeVimes-based PC threats are designed to mimic the legitimate Windows Security Center program, you may be fooled into thinking that the fake Advanced Security Center has something to offer your PC. However, features by these programs, including the the fake Advanced Security Center, are all full of empty promises, fake system alerts and insists requests for your money.

The fake Advanced Security Center's features include a fake firewall, anti-virus protection and automatic updates, all of which are worthless as far as keeping your computer safe is concerned. In fact, rogue anti-malware programs that use the fake Advanced Security Center as part of their interface are known for blocking security software and causing other security issues, such as browser redirects. Under normal circumstances, there's no point in doing anything with a Fake Advanced Security Center-using product except to delete the fake Advanced Security Center from your PC just as you would delete a virus, worm or Trojan.

Proving That Your Real Security is Superior to the Fake Advanced Security Center

Due to the fake Advanced Security Center's association with PC threats that can block security and update-related applications, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers suggest disabling the rogue AV program in question before you try to remove the fake Advanced Security Center. Some of the easiest and most effective measures for disabling the fake Advanced Security Center's FakeVimes-based friends include, but aren't restricted to:

Switching to Safe Mode, which will disable primitive PC threats and most types of unnecessary programs.
Booting from a removable drive device, which will eschew the Registry-based startup triggers for the fake Advanced Security Center's scamware.

SpywareRemove.com malware research team also warns against manual attempts to delete rogue anti-virus programs that use the fake Advanced Security Center features since common removal methods (such as using the Control Panel) will leave components of the PC threat behind on your PC. Total deletion can be accomplished with competent anti-malware software, however, as long as all PC threats are disabled beforehand.

Fake Advanced Security Center

Threat Metric

The Fake Advanced Security Center – Stealing Form from Microsoft without the Function Behind It

Proving That Your Real Security is Superior to the Fake Advanced Security Center

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