WinProtector
Posted: August 11, 2008
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: | 16,639 |
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Threat Level: | 10/10 |
Infected PCs: | 129 |
First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
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Last Seen: | September 9, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
WinProtector 3.8, also known as Win Protector 3.8, is a rogue anti-virus program that displays a fake icon on your system tray stating that your computer is infected with spyware. WinProtector 3.8 will use fake security messages to urge you to download their software and will prompt you into purchasing the full version of WinProtector 3.8. WinProtector 3.8 is part of the same family of rogue anti-spyware programs as Antivirus 2008, XP Antivirus Protection and Antivirus 2009.
WinProtector 3.8 may try to download itself by using drive-by download methods. WinProtector 3.8 will also launch on every Windows startup and may display excessive popup ads. WinProtector 3.8 may be difficult to remove manually because it has the ability to recreate itself.
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:C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Documenti\Download\***s Rogue Pack\***'s Rogue Pack\WinProtector3.8Installer.exe
File name: WinProtector3.8Installer.exeSize: 455.16 KB (455168 bytes)
MD5: 1cc301939042eb42788f2756a7d53538
Detection count: 52
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Documenti\Download\***s Rogue Pack\***'s Rogue Pack\WinProtector3.8Installer.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 5, 2023
C:\Program Files (x86)\NetFilter\netfilter.dll
File name: netfilter.dllSize: 27.13 KB (27136 bytes)
MD5: 2f1ac32b878a767724446f5635b2f044
Detection count: 5
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\NetFilter\netfilter.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 5, 2023
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