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PrivacyWatcher

Posted: March 29, 2008

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 10/10
Infected PCs: 12
First Seen: July 24, 2009
Last Seen: January 23, 2022
OS(es) Affected: Windows

PrivacyWatcher is a rogue security application. PrivacyWatcher is often downloaded and installed by a Trojan, through browser security holes, or via other unconventional and unethical mechanisms. Once installed, PrivacyWatcher will display notifications of imaginary security and privacy risks in its attempts to get the user to purchase the full version and may generate system slowdown and instability. This program can be extremely difficult to manually remove.

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:



Privacy Watcher.exe File name: Privacy Watcher.exe
Size: 1.83 MB (1831424 bytes)
MD5: daa20d4ccdd691e8ff126aeb1c761e05
Detection count: 47
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009

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