Internet Security Pro 2013

Posted: June 4, 2013

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:	10,388
Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	1,138

First Seen:	June 4, 2013
Last Seen:	September 28, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Internet Security Pro 2013 is one of the newer variants of FakeRean, a family of fake anti-malware scanners that are noted for displaying inaccurate system warnings and terminating other programs on the infected PC. SpywareRemove.com malware experts rate drive-by-download attacks through your browser as the most probable infection vector for Internet Security Pro 2013, but other distribution techniques, such as installation via Trojans like Bredolab, also are viable threats. Even though Internet Security Pro 2013's appearance is designed to imitate that of a legitimate anti-malware product, Internet Security Pro 2013 can't protect your computer from any kind of PC threat and actually endangers it through its generalized blocking of other software. Real anti-malware programs usually should be used to delete Internet Security Pro 2013 safely as quickly as they can be accessed by the techniques listed in this article.

Internet Security Pro 2013: Minding Your PC's Security In a Way You Shouldn't Appreciate

Internet Security Pro 2013 is not an actual anti-malware scanner, but Internet Security Pro 2013 does include many of the superficial traits of such a program, including apparent 'features' like the ability to scan your computer for malware or display several formats of pop-up warnings that appear to be blocking various PC threats. Pop-ups from Internet Security Pro 2013 infections may imitate the look of a firewall alert or a Windows taskbar notification, and often request that you register Internet Security Pro 2013 – a process that sends your money and related financial information to criminals.

Internet Security Pro 2013 may pretend to protect your PC, but its scanner results always include inaccurate lists of infections, just as its pop-ups claim to protect your PC from attacks that, in reality, aren't taking place. SpywareRemove.com malware experts are particularly concerned over the program-blocking attack that's common to Internet Security Pro 2013's branch of the FakeRean family of scamware, which allows Internet Security Pro 2013 to close any program automatically. The only programs excluded from this attack appear to be those that are essential to running Windows and Internet Security Pro 2013.

How to Be More Professional at PC Security than Internet Security Pro 2013

Although Internet Security Pro 2013 is a new version of FakeRean scamware, the basic strategies that sufficed for deleting its forebears also should work just as well on Internet Security Pro 2013. After observing any obvious Internet Security Pro 2013 infection, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers suggest restarting in Safe Mode and, if possible, booting your computer from a flash drive-based operating system. These methods also are applicable to relatives of Internet Security Pro 2013 such as Antivirus 2008 Pro, Antivirus XP 2008, Windows Antivirus 2008, Vista Antivirus 2008, PC Clean Pro, Antivirus Pro 2009, Rogue.Vista Antivirus 2008, AntiSpy Safeguard, ThinkPoint, Spyware Protection 2010, Internet Antivirus 2011, Palladium Pro, XP Anti-Virus 2011, CleanThis, XP Security 2012, XP Home Security 2012 and AntiVirus PRO 2015.

With Internet Security Pro 2013 disabled, you can delete Internet Security Pro 2013 with whatever real anti-malware products that happen to be available. Preventing Internet Security Pro 2013 installations to begin with will require nothing more than standard safety precautions around your browser; SpywareRemove.com malware experts especially have seen scamware like Internet Security Pro 2013 being distributed by browser exploits from hacked sites, malicious advertisements and Trojan downloaders of various stripes.

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:

C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch\INDEFENDER.EXE-1824C86D.pf

File name: C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch\INDEFENDER.EXE-1824C86D.pf
Mime Type: unknown/pf
Group: Malware file

%TEMP%\[random].exe

File name: %TEMP%\[random].exe
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file

%TEMP%\winupd.exe

File name: %TEMP%\winupd.exe
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\..\..{Subkeys}HLEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “INDEFENDER.EXE”HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\INDEFENDER.EXE

Additional Information

The following URL's were detected:

yoguze.com