WiniGuard
Posted: October 20, 2008
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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: | 16 |
| First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
|---|---|
| Last Seen: | January 10, 2019 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
WiniGuard is a fake anti-spyware application that is usually downloaded and installed by a Trojan. WiniGuard is also known to be installed without your permission through a browser security hole or directly from a malicious website that advertises the WiniGuard program. After WiniGuard is installed it starts displaying numerous popups and notifications that are all bogus. This is a poor attempt by WiniGuard to get you to purchase a full version of WiniGuard which will result in your lose of money. WiniGuard is associated with the Zlob Trojan and may be difficult to manually remove in many cases.
Aliases
WiniGuard [Sunbelt]Mal/Generic-A [Sophos]High Risk Fraudulent Security Program [Prevx1]Generic Trojan [Panda]Trojan:Win32/Insebro.A [Microsoft]Trojan.Win32.Malware.1 [K7AntiVirus]Trojan.Generic [Ikarus]Win32/VMalum.EVXS [eTrust-Vet]Trojan.Fakealert.3829 [DrWeb]Trojan.Insebro.a [CAT-QuickHeal]Trojan.Generic.1245046 [BitDefender]Downloader.Agent.APUE [AVG]TR/Insebro.A [AntiVir]Win-Trojan/Xema.variant [AhnLab-V3]PAK_Generic.001 [TrendMicro]
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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:cfrog.exe
File name: cfrog.exeSize: 13.31 KB (13312 bytes)
MD5: 6f2e7ae0d178b933f20942ca70ee69e1
Detection count: 54
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
winiguard_installer[1].exe
File name: winiguard_installer[1].exeSize: 3.46 MB (3467396 bytes)
MD5: 1963a655091d18a2358b9ccfcbcdea6a
Detection count: 52
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
logaes.dll
File name: logaes.dllSize: 30.72 KB (30720 bytes)
MD5: 85bb5ff18b6d809c876e561438e646da
Detection count: 50
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
LinkSave.dll
File name: LinkSave.dllSize: 45.05 KB (45056 bytes)
MD5: 31632e99e78d2d77969b83f8c6e0caa9
Detection count: 41
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
Additional Information
The following directories were created:
%ProgramFiles%\Innovagest 2000 SL\WiniGuard
The following cookies were detected:
winiguard
i deleted all the winigaurd files and the reg files but i am still getting a winigaurd ap pop up saying it detected an infection then it asks if i want winigaurd to take care of it. I also get a pop up saying my memory is low, i think it might have to do with winigaurd. Any suggestions on how to get rid of this?
i made the mistake of downloading this malicious software.
i tried removing it through the traditional way: by uninstalling it. but it is still in the tray down the bottom right! iv done search after search, but i cannot find the files and programes that are supposed to exist for this software. i have windows vista, un updated because of other problems with the microsoft updates.