Windows Web Shield
Posted: May 13, 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.
Threat Level: | 10/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 156,457 |
First Seen: | May 13, 2014 |
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Last Seen: | October 17, 2023 |
Windows Web Shield is a fake anti-malware application currently estimated to be a part of the FakeVimes family. These rogue security products provide incorrect pop-up warnings about fake threats, and also may block other applications that are critical for your computer's long-term safety. Since Windows Web Shield has shown no signs of being any less blatantly fraudulent than its immediate predecessors, malware analysts warn against purchasing Windows Web Shield – or taking any other action in response to Windows Web Shield, besides using real anti-malware tools to uninstall Windows Web Shield from your computer.
An Invitation into the Parlor of a Fake Web Shield
With more in common with the equally trap-prone, web-spinning arachnids of nature than with any real security program, Windows Web Shield is designed with the looks, but not the feature set of a typical anti-malware suite. PC users familiar with some of the most significant categories of fake anti-malware programs, like malware researchers, will find that Windows Web Shield shows many traits resembling those of other FakeVimes scamware, including a fake process manager, fake Web-browsing defenses and inaccurate system-scanning technology. In all cases, using Windows Web Shield's system scanner will result in false positives, or threat detections that do not account for the real contents of your hard drive.
Other attacks by Windows Web Shield, such as fake pop-up warnings, also are intended to make your PC appear to be threatened by diverse types of threats. Malware experts especially outline the security risks in the following attacks:
- Windows Web Shield may attempt to block other programs according to their file names. Software blocked by Windows Web Shield may include security products and legitimate anti-malware tools.
- Windows Web Shield also may make modifications to the Windows Registry intended to disable basic Windows security apparatus such as the Windows Firewall, the Registry Editor or the Task Manager.
- Other changes to the Registry will enable Windows Web Shield to launch automatically with Windows, potentially including changes to the Windows startup screen that promote Windows Web Shield.
Even with all of the above problems presented as supposed security enhancements taken for your own protection, Windows Web Shield implements them with the intent of defrauding the PC's user of money during its registration process. There are no known security benefits to using Windows Web Shield, and malware experts recommend against treating Windows Web Shield as a legitimate product.
Tearing Down Windows Web Shield's Web of Anti-Malware Pretenses
The installation of Windows Web Shield may use more than one means, but malware researchers have come to associate the FakeVimes family of scamware particularly with JavaScript-based exploits. These exploits may be hosted on corrupted sites or compromised advertising networks, and may request that you install Windows Web Shield through fake security warnings or install Windows Web Shield automatically. Robust browser security is, accordingly, helpful for blocking the installation of Windows Web Shield or other FakeVimes members, including 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.
The deletion of Windows Web Shield is recommended, but Windows Web Shield may need to be disabled before any anti-malware solutions are applicable. Manual removal of Windows Web Shield or other, automatically installed threat is inadvisable, based on the potential for Windows Web Shield to conceal its files or be associated with other threats on your PC.
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%\svc-iqqj.exe
File name: svc-iqqj.exeSize: 1.4 MB (1404928 bytes)
MD5: 9810c954864fcf61f5a462366a215f20
Detection count: 90
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 14, 2014
%APPDATA%\svc-nemx.exe
File name: svc-nemx.exeSize: 1.38 MB (1384448 bytes)
MD5: da01c4a6d6c79ce2823ec7de5b2dffd9
Detection count: 60
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 14, 2014
%APPDATA%\svc-mkcy.exe
File name: svc-mkcy.exeSize: 1.44 MB (1441792 bytes)
MD5: f80aabc5985c8076968877a50bcae268
Detection count: 46
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 14, 2014
%APPDATA%\svc-eehs.exe
File name: svc-eehs.exeSize: 1.18 MB (1183744 bytes)
MD5: 16ea5cc2fd93da2e204aec87f813b09b
Detection count: 28
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 14, 2014
%APPDATA%\svc-fnkk.exe
File name: svc-fnkk.exeSize: 1.38 MB (1384448 bytes)
MD5: 38689f00ffd4c207c6e3b05ab6382828
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 8, 2020
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