Windows Troubles Analyzer

Posted: February 28, 2011

Threat Metric

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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:	7

First Seen:	February 28, 2011
Last Seen:	January 8, 2020
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The Windows Troubles Analyzer program pretends to be a useful system diagnostics tool, but in reality Windows Troubles Analyzer is a rogue anti-virus program. The Windows Troubles Analyzer malware is virtually identical in form and function to various other recent rogue anti-virus products and uses similar methods of propagation - through Trojans imitating Windows alert messages. If you want to avoid falling victim to Windows Troubles Analyzer, you'll have to learn to turn your nose up at its misdirecting errors and scans. Everything this rogue anti-virus product offers you is fake, and allowing Windows Troubles Analyzer to stay on your computer will place you at risk for browser hijackings and general security problems.

Eying the Windows Troubles Analyzer's Entranceway

Windows Processes Organizer, Windows Care Tool and Windows Software Guard are all identical to Windows Troubles Analyzer, and that's barely scratching the top of the list. Lazy digital criminals have chosen to repackage the same program over and over again in a new title, even down to using the same means of distribution for each one.

Your primary threat of infection by Windows Troubles Analyzer is through Microsoft Security Essentials Alert Malware, a Trojan that tries to fool you into installing Windows Troubles Analyzer by faking Windows OS alerts. This is the opening message the Trojan attacks with:

Microsoft Security Essentials Alert
Potential Threat Details
Microsoft Security Essentials detected potential threats that might compromise your private or damage your computer. Your access to these items may be suspended until you take an action. Click 'show details' to learn more.

Don't be confused by the following 'detection' of a Trojan.Horse.Win32.PAV.64.a Trojan; this is just a misdirection tactic the Trojan uses to install the Windows Troubles Analyzer rogue product. Recognizing this Trojan as a threat and responding with appropriately aggressive self-defense will save you from having to deal with Windows Troubles Analyzer and all its many identical family members.

When the Windows Troubles Analyser's Infestation Burrows in Deep

Actually dealing with Windows Troubles Analyzer isn't usually too problematic once you've realized Windows Troubles Analyzer is a rogue anti-virus infection and not the friendly product Windows Troubles Analyzer plays at being. You'll be constantly threatened by frighteningly severe alerts and error messages, and all Windows Troubles Analyzer's scan results will turn up with seemingly terrible infection lists. The only purpose all that serves is to get you towards the Windows Troubles Analyzer website, where your credit card information can be stolen for registration of a fraudulent product. 'Live and let live' isn't an option with Windows Troubles Analyzer, however, because of its other attendant symptoms:

Windows Troubles Analyzer will alter your registry to let itself run on startup. This obscures access to your desktop and generally slows your computer down due to the excessive system memory Windows Troubles Analyzer takes for itself.
Windows Troubles Analyzer can crash your security programs and other programs required to keep Windows in tip-top shape. The error messages caused during this process are just as fake as everything else about Windows Troubles Analyzer, so you should pay Windows Troubles Analyzer's extra smokescreen no mind.
Windows Troubles Analyzer can also hijack your web browser. This is typically done to redirect you towards the Windows Troubles Analyzer website, where your confidential information is placed at risk. Such websites can also drop other malware onto your system without your consent, thus worsening the problem.
Windows Troubles Analyzer will strive to avoid being shut down or deleted at all costs, and the usual means of accomplishing these things will not work on Windows Troubles Analyzer. Extreme measures, such as Safe Mode, anti-malware software and sometimes even briefly disabling system restore are usually required.

Windows Troubles Analyzer is more than a pest, but a very serious security risk too, so deleting Windows Troubles Analyzer is not the kind of thing you can overlook!

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:

%AppData%\ehpiis.exe

File name: ehpiis.exe
Size: 2.5 MB (2503680 bytes)
MD5: 02073b88b8072018ca57f30b0ae247c1
Detection count: 67
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %AppData%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 8, 2020