Windows Protection Tool
Posted: April 2, 2014
Threat Metric
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: | 9,302 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 60,330 |
First Seen: | April 2, 2014 |
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Last Seen: | October 7, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Windows Protection Tool is another rogue anti-virus program created by cybercrooks to scare affected PC users and persuade them that their machines are infected with malware. Windows Protection Tool will swindle them out of their money by forcing the purchase of its 'full version,' which allegedly removes detected PC threats. Windows Protection Tool invades the targeted computer through Trojans or security holes. Once Windows Protection Tool is installed, it makes system changes that are downloads corrupted files and modifies the Windows Registry so that Windows Protection Tool could run automatically every time you start your PC.
Windows Protection Tool performs bogus system scans and reports numerous computer infections detected on your machine. Any scan results provided by Windows Protection Tool will be completely inaccurate. The meaning of this fake scanner is to make you believe that there are multiples threats inside your computer and that you need to take urgent measures to protect your crucial data. Becoming convinced by what Windows Protection Tool has displayed, you will be predisposed to buy Windows Protection Tool's full version. Windows Protection Tool follows the same tactics as other popular rogue anti-virus programs from the FakeVimes family such as Privacy Guard Pro, PrivacyGuard Pro 2.0, Extra Antivirus, Fast Antivirus 2009, Presto TuneUp, Windows Security Suite, Smart Virus Eliminator, Packed.Generic.245, Volcano Security Suite, Windows Enterprise Suite, Enterprise Suite, Additional Guard, Live PC Care, PC Live Guard, Live Enterprise Suite, Security Antivirus, My Security Wall, CleanUp Antivirus and Smart Security.
Most of these rogue security software invade a computer through Trojans, which install them secretly and alter the system settings. Windows Protection Tool may display warnings affirming that your machine has been endangered. The truth is that your PC has been infected, but the threat is Windows Protection Tool. If your system got infected with Windows Protection Tool, security researchers strongly recommend you to uninstall Windows Protection Tool immediately after detection by using a reputable anti-malware program.
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