Win 7 Smart Defender Pro

Posted: March 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.

Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	81

First Seen:	March 4, 2013
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Win 7 Smart Defender Pro is a new variant of rogue anti-malware software from the WinPC Defender family that generates fake system warnings while Win 7 Smart Defender Pro attacks your PC. While Win 7 Smart Defender Pro claims to be able to remove various PC threats, Win 7 Smart Defender Pro doesn't have any type of legitimate anti-malware functions and is designed to make you purchase Win 7 Smart Defender Pro before you realize that its features are fake. If you can't avoid a Win 7 Smart Defender Pro infection in the first place, SpywareRemove.com malware experts encourage you to use the real anti-malware program of your choice to remove Win 7 Smart Defender Pro and its fake security features.

Win 7 Smart Defender Pro: a Semi-Intelligent Security Hoax

Win 7 Smart Defender Pro doesn't include any functions for finding or removing malicious software or other types of PC threats, but despite this deficiency, Win 7 Smart Defender Pro's design is intended to imitate the look of actual anti-virus products. Besides pretending to offer 'system scans' that will detect fictitious infections, Win 7 Smart Defender Pro also offers a range of pop-up warnings, many of which will disguise themselves as normal Windows alerts. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers suggest treating any unusual pop-up warnings as potentially fraudulent if you're seeing them while Win 7 Smart Defender Pro is active.

Win 7 Smart Defender Pro also may use these alerts during attacks that block other applications. Security-related programs, such as MSConfig, Task Manager or the Registry Editor, are some of the most likely programs to be blocked by Win 7 Smart Defender Pro. Even though Win 7 Smart Defender Pro informs you that any blocked programs actually are damaged or compromised, they actually would be able to work as usual – if Win 7 Smart Defender Pro allowed you to use them.

From these details, it should be easy to tell that purchasing Win 7 Smart Defender Pro as Win 7 Smart Defender Pro requests will not fix any system problems that coincide with a Win 7 Smart Defender Pro infection. If you've already purchased Win 7 Smart Defender Pro by mistake, SpywareRemove.com malware experts recommend that you take appropriate actions to secure any financial or identity-related information (such as credit card numbers) that was transferred during the registration process.

Getting Smarter Than Win 7 Smart Defender Pro's Simple Con

Since registering Win 7 Smart Defender Pro doesn't have any advantages for your PC, SpywareRemove.com malware experts recommend uninstalling Win 7 Smart Defender Pro post haste. Although an appropriate anti-malware program shouldn't have many difficulties in deleting Win 7 Smart Defender Pro, Win 7 Smart Defender Pro may block such programs from being launched. Disabling Win 7 Smart Defender Pro with Safe Mode or similar security strategies can allow you to access any blocked programs that are necessary for removing Win 7 Smart Defender Pro safely.

SpywareRemove.com malware analysts also have identified many close relatives of Win 7 Smart Defender Pro. Win 7 Smart Defender Pro's clones, although possessing different brand names, still should be treated as just as harmful as Win 7 Smart Defender Pro. Recent samples 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

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The following files were created in the system:

%Temp%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]

File name: %Temp%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]
Group: Malware file

%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]

File name: %AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]
Group: Malware file

%AppData%\Local\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]

File name: %AppData%\Local\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]
Group: Malware file

%AppData%\Local\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe

File name: %AppData%\Local\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file

%AllUsersProfile%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]

File name: %AllUsersProfile%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]
Group: Malware file

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\{Value}HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile "(Default)" = 'Application'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile "Content Type" = 'application/x-msdownload'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile\DefaultIcon "(Default)" = '%1'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command "(Default)" = '"%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe" /START "%1" %*'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command "IsolatedCommand" = '"%1" %*'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile\shell\runas\command "(Default)" = '"%1" %*'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile\shell\runas\command "IsolatedCommand" – '"%1" %*'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\open\command "(Default)" = '"%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe" /START "%1" %*'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command "IsolatedCommand" = '"%1" %*'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\runas\command "(Default)" = '"%1" %*'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\runas\command "IsolatedCommand" = '"%1" %*'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command "(Default)" = '"%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe" /START "%1" %*'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe "(Default)" = 'exefile'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe "Content Type" = 'application/x-msdownload'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\DefaultIcon “(Default)” = '%1' = '"%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe" /START "%1" %*'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = '"%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe" /START "%Program Files%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = '"%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe" /START "%Program Files%\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\safemode\command "(Default)" = '"%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe" /START "%Program Files%\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -safe-mode'

Additional Information

The following messages's were detected:

#	Message
1	Privacy threat! Spyware intrusion detected. Your system is infected. System integrity is at risk. Private data can be stolen by third parties, including credit card details and passwords. Click here to perform a security repair.
2	System danger! Your system security is in danger. Privacy threats detected. Spyware, keyloggers or Trojans may be working in the background right now. Perform an in-depth scan and removal now, click here.
3	System hijack! System security threat was detected. Viruses and/or spyware may be damaging your system now. Prevent infection and data loss or stealing by running a free security scan.
4	Win 7 Smart Defender Pro Firewall Alert Win 7 Smart Defender Pro has blocked a program from accessing the internet Internet Explorer is infected with Trojan-BNK.Win32.Keylogger.gen Private data can be stolen by third parties, including credit card details and passwords.