Spyware Defender

Posted: November 3, 2014

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:	16

First Seen:	November 3, 2014
Last Seen:	December 10, 2019
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Spyware Defender is a rogue anti-spyware scanner that bases its appearance on legitimate Microsoft software. Like most scamware, Spyware Defender provides fictitious 'security' in the form of inaccurate threat alerts, pop-ups and system scans, but can't detect or delete true threats. Although Spyware Defender sometimes is distributed under seemingly outdated labels (such as Spyware Defender 2009), recent distribution campaigns in 2014 make Spyware Defender a current threat worth fighting with legitimate anti-malware tools.

Spyware Defender: a Rogue Product on the Offensive

Spyware Defender is one of the many fake security programs based on the same principles as the major threat families like FakeRean or Winwebsec. By using a skin nearly identical to that of Microsoft's Security Essentials (a default Windows security app), Spyware Defender provides an imitation of anti-spyware functionality. Unlike Security Essentials, Spyware Defender always alerts its users to the supposed presence of information-stealing Trojans and similar threats, which Spyware Defender displays in fake system scan results and pop-up messages.

While Spyware Defender pretends to identify these threats, Spyware Defender claims to be unable to remove all of them from your computer. These warnings follow into a traditional scamware 'sales pitch' wherein Spyware Defender requests a transfer of money for its registration key. While premium registration scarcely is an unusual recommendation, even for legitimate security programs, malware experts classify Spyware Defender as a rogue with no ability to protect your PC.

Registering Spyware Defender may disable its pop-up warnings, but also places money and financial information in third parties possession. To avert these consequences, malware experts recommend more inexpensive means of dealing with Spyware Defender infections.

Defending a PC from a Pretense of Safety

Even with its look being superficially identical to those of Microsoft programs, Spyware Defender is no better than a Trojan and should be identified as such by any competent anti-malware product. Since Spyware Defender may try to block legitimate programs that could provide the security functions Spyware Defender imitates, you may find it necessary to disable Spyware Defender prior to deleting Spyware Defender. While Spyware Defender is open, any inability to access standard security products should be assumed to be a byproduct of its presence and its ability to terminate other programs automatically. Running a complete system scan from Safe Mode should be sufficient for deleting Spyware Defender, which malware researchers have not found displaying any advanced defenses.

Spyware Defender also is a likely member of the WinPC Defender family, a rogue anti-malware family that may use browser exploits for distributing themselves. Blocking JavaScript for unsafe sites and keeping all software up-to-date will reduce the availability of vulnerabilities that could install Spyware Defender automatically. Consensual Spyware Defender installations also may occur through various tactics, such as corrupted websites that imitate live security scans of your hard drive.The numerous members of Spyware Defender family include Ultimate Defender, SystemDefender, IE Defender, Advanced XP Defender, XP Defender, WinDefender2008, PCTotalDefender, PC Defender 2008, Personal Defender 2009, WinDefender 2009, Perfect Defender 2009, Total Defender, Malware Defender 2009, WinPC Defender, PC Privacy Defender, Smart Defender Pro, Rogue.UltimateDefender, FraudTool.LastDefender.b and Security Defender Pro 2015.

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:

%TEMP%\juxwkvqhia\eceimcyu.exe

File name: eceimcyu.exe
Size: 72.93 KB (72939 bytes)
MD5: 1019aaa89a1025918e158aeedfb45404
Detection count: 7
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %TEMP%\juxwkvqhia
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 10, 2019