List of 114 fake virus removal programs

Counterfeiting of anti-virus software has become a development problem in recent years. The malware tricked users into installing and paying for fake anti-virus software without cleaning the computer, nor protecting it against viruses.

In contrast, these fake antivirus software are themselves malware, disable essential services and legitimate anti-virus software, thus making the computer more susceptible to infection. withdraw more.

The problem will arise when users enter fake antivirus software. After installing it, the "antivirus" program will start virus scanning and "detect" some viruses and Trojans in the system.

Users will be advised to remove the detected hazards, but to do so they will have to buy fake products. And users will not expect to end this process by paying for an undefined threat. According to one estimate, last year 25 million computers worldwide were infected with fake antivirus software.

Microsoft's Malware Protection Center has identified 114 fake antivirus programs, you should consult this list to avoid being infected with malware.

List of 114 fake antivirus software:

1. Win32 / FakeXPA - Other names: Win-Trojan / Downloader.56320.M (AhnLab), Win32 / Adware.XPAntivirus (ESET), not-a-virus: Downloader.Win32XpAntivirus.b (Kaspersky), FakeAlert-AB .dldr (McAfee), W32 / DLoader.FKAI (Norman), Mal / Generic-A (Sophos), XPAntivirus (Sunbelt Software), Downloader.MisleadApp (Symantec), XP Antivirus (other), Antivirus 2009 (other), Antivirus 2010 (other), Antivirus 360 (other), Total Security (other), AntivirusBEST (other), GreenAV (other), Alpha Antivirus, other), AlphaAV (other), Cyber ​​Security (other), Cyber ​​Protection Center (other) , Nortel (other), Eco AntiVirus (other), MaCatte (other), Antivirus (other), Antivir (other), Personal Security (other).

2. Trojan: Win32 / FakePowav - Other names: Win Antivirus 2008 (other), SpyShredder (other), WinXProtector (other), Rapid Antivirus (other), Security 2009 (other), Power Antivirus 2009 (other), WinXDefender ( other), SpyProtector (other), SpyGuarder (other), MSAntiMalware (other).

3. Program: Win32 / MalwareBurn

4. Program: Win32 / UnSpyPc

5. Program: Win32 / DriveCleaner - Other names: DriveCleaner (McAfee), W32 / WinFixer.NU (Norman), DriveCleaner (Sunbelt Software), DriveCleaner (Symantec), Freeloa.8F4CBEAA (Trend Micro).

6. Trojan: Win32 / DocrorTrojan

7. Program: Win32 / Winfixer - Other names: DriveCleaner (McAfee), W32 / WinFixer.NU (Norman), DriveCleaner (Sunbelt Software), DriveCleaner (Symantec), Freeloa.8F4CBEAA (Trend Micro), Win32 / Adware.WinFixer (ESET), not-a-virus: Downloader.Win32.WinFixer.o (Kaspersky), WinFixer (McAfee), Adware_Winfixer (Trend Micro), Program: Win32 / DriveCleaner (other), Program: Win32 / SecureExpertCleaner (other).

8. Trojan: Win32 / FakeScanti - Other names: Windows Antivirus Pro (other), Windows Police Pro (other), Win32 / WindowsAntivirusPro.F (CA), FakeAlert-GA.dll (McAfee), Adware / WindowsAntivirusPro (Panda) , Trojan.Fakeavalert (Symantec).

9. Program: Win32 / Cleanator

10. Program: Win32 / MalwareCrush

11. Program: Win32 / PrivacyChampion

12. Program: Win32 / SystemLiveProtect

13. Win32 / Yektel

14. Trojan: Win32 / FakeSmoke - Other names: SystemCop (other), QuickHealCleaner (other), TrustWarrior (other); SaveArmor (other), SecureVeteran (other), SecuritySoldier (other), SafeFighter (other), TrustSoldier (other), TrustFighter (other), SoftCop (other), TRE AntiVirus (other), SoftBarrier (other), BlockKeeper (other) , BlockScanner (other), BlockProtector (other), SystemFighter (other), SystemVeteran (other), SystemWarrior (other), AntiAID (other), Win32 / WinBlueSoft.A (CA), Trojan-Downloader.Win32.FraudLoad.vtgpk ( Kaspersky), WinBlueSoft (other), WiniBlueSoft (other), Winishield (other), SaveKeep (other), WiniFighter (other), TrustNinja (other), SaveDefense (other), BlockDefense (other), SaveSoldier (other), WiniShield ( other), SafetyKeeper (other), SoftSafeness (other), SafeDefender (other), Trustcop (other), SecureWarrior (other), SecureFighter (other), SoftSoldier (other), SoftVeteran (other), SoftStronghold (other), ShieldSafeness ( other).

15. Program: Win32 / Spyguarder.A

16. Program: Win32 / AntivirusGold

17. Program: Win32 / SystemGuard2009

18. Program: Win32 / WorldAntiSpy

19. Program: Win32 / SpywareSecure - Other names: W32 / SpyAxe.AMI (Norman), SpywareSecure (Panda), SpywareSecure (Sunbelt Software), SpywareSecure (Symantec).

20. Program: Win32 / IEDefender - Other names: Win32 / Burgspill.AD (CA), IEAntivirus (Symantec), Trojan.DR.FakeAlert.FJ (VirusBuster).

21. Program: Win32 / MalWarrior

22. Program: Win32 / Malwareprotector

23. Program: Win32 / SpywareSoftStop

24. Program: Win32 / AntiSpyZone

25. Program: Win32 / Antivirus2008 - Other names: Trojan.FakeAlert.RL (BitDefender), Win32 / Adware.Antivirus2008 (ESET), not-a-virus: Downloader.Win32.FraudLoad.ar (Kaspersky), WinFixer (McAfee ), W32 / DLoader.HDZU (Norman), Troj / Dwnldr-HDG (Sophos), ADW_FAKEAV.O (Trend Micro), Program: Win32 / VistaAntivirus2008.A (other), MS Antivirus (CA).

26. Trojan: Win32 / PrivacyCenter - Other name: Fake_AntiSpyware.BKN (AVG), Win32 / FakeAV.ACR (CA), Win32 / Adware.PrivacyComponents (ESET), not-a-virus: FraudTool.Win32.PrivacyCenter (other ), not-a-virus: FraudTool.Win32.Agent.jn (Kaspersky), FakeAlert-CP (McAfee), Troj / PrvCnt-Gen (Sophos), SpywareGuard2008 (Symantec).

27. Program: Win32 / SpyLocked

28. Program: Win32 / Trojanguarder

29. Program: Win32 / MyBetterPC

30. Program: Win32 / NeoSpace

31. Win32 / Winwebsec - Other names: SystemSecurity2009 (other), System Security (other), Winweb Security (other), FakeAlert-WinwebSecurity.gen (McAfee), Mal / FakeAV-AK (Sophos), Troj / FakeVir-LB (Sophos), Adware / AntiSpywarePro2009 (Panda), Adware / UltimateCleaner (Panda), Adware / Xpantivirus2008 (Panda), Win32 / Adware.SystemSecurity (ESET), Win32 / Adware.WinWebSecurity (ESET), AntiVirus2008 (Symantec), SecurityRisk. Downldr (Symantec), W32 / AntiVirus2008.AYO (Norman), Total Security (other), AntiSpyware Pro 2009 (other), FakeAlert-AntiSpywarePro (McAfee).

32. Trojan: Win32 / FakeRemoc - Other names: AntiMalwareSuite (other), VirusRemover2009 (other), PCAntiMalware (other), Total Virus Protection (other), SpywareRemover2009 (other), AntiMalwareGuard (other), Secure Expert Cleaner (other) , Cleaner2009 Freeware (other), AVCare (other), AV Care (other).

33. Program: Win32 / SpywareStormer

34. Program: Win32 / SecurityiGuard

35. Program: Win32 / DoctorCleaner

36. Program: Win32 / UniGray

37. Win32 / FakeSecSen - Other names: Micro AV (other), MS Antivirus (other), Spyware Preventer (other), Antivirus Vista 2008 (other), Advanced Antivirus (other), System Antivirus (other), Ultimate Antivirus 2008 (other), Windows Antivirus 2008 (other), XPert Antivirus (other), Power Antivirus (other).

38. Program: Win32 / VirusRemover - Other names: Troj / FakeVir-DR (Sophos), VirusRemover2008 (Symantec), ADW_FAKEVIR (Trend Micro).

39. Program: Win32 / Privacywarrior

40. Program: Win32 / PrivacyProtector

41. Adware: Win32 / SpyBlast

42. Trojan: Win32 / FakeFreeAV

43. Win32 / FakeRean - Other names: XP AntiSpyware 2009 (other), XP Security Center (other), PC Antispyware 2010 (other), Home Antivirus 2010 (other), PC Security 2009 (other), ADW_WINREANIMA (Trend Micro) , Win32 / Adware.WinReanimator (ESET), not-a-virus: FraudTool.Win32.Reanimator (Kaspersky), WinReanimator (Sunbelt Software), XP Police Antivirus (other), FakeAlert-XPPoliceAntivirus (McAfee), Adware / XPPolice (Panda ), AntiSpyware XP 2009 (other), Antivirus Pro 2010 (other).

44. Program: Win32 / Antivirus2009 - Other names: Win32 / Adware.XPAntivirus (ESET), FakeAlert-AB.gen (McAfee), MalwareWarrior (other), Antivirus2009 (other).

45. Program: Win32 / AntiSpywareDeluxe - Other names: Adware.Fakealert-134 (Clam AV), Win32 / Adware.AntiSpywareDeluxe (ESET), FraudTool.Win32.AntiSpywareDeluxe.a (Kaspersky), AntispyDeluxe (Symantec), TROJ_RENOS.CP (Trend Micro).

46. ​​Program: Win32 / Searchanddestroy

47. Program: Win32 / AlfaCleaner

48. Program: Win32 / WebSpyShield

49. Win32 / InternetAntivirus - Other names: InternetAntivirus (Symantec), General Antivirus (other), Personal Antivirus (other), not-a-virus: FraudTool: Win32.GeneralAntivirus.b (Kaspersky), Mal / FakeAV-AC ( Sophos), TrojanDownloader: Win32 / Renos.gen! Z (other), Fraudtool.GeneralAntivirus.C (VirusBuster), Internet Antivirus Pro (other).

50. Trojan: Win32 / Antivirusxp - Other names: Antivirus XP 2008 (other), Win32 / Adware.WinFixer (ESET), Generic FakeAlert.a (McAfee), W32 / WinFixer.BTB (Norman), Troj / FakeAV-AB (Sophos), AntiVirus2008 (Symantec), Program: Win32 / Antivirusxp (other).

51. Program: Win32 / ErrorGuard

52. Program: Win32 / SpyCrush

53. Trojan: Win32 / Fakeav

54. Program: Win32 / Spyaway

55. Trojan: Win32 / WinSpywareProtect - Other names: Win32 / Adware.WinSpywareProtect (ESET), Trojan-Downloader.Win32.FraudLoad.aob (Kaspersky), WinSpywareProtect (Symantec), Program: Win32 / WinSpywareProtect (other), Trojan. FakeAV.GP (BitDefender), Win32 / Adware.MSAntispyware2009 (ESET), Packed.Win32.Katusha.a (Kaspersky), FaleAlert-BV (McAfee), Adware / MSAntiSpyware2009 (Panda), Fraudtool.MSAntispy2009.A (VirusBuster), MS Antispyware 2009 (other), AV Antispyware (other), Extra Antivirus (other).

56. Program: Win32 / Fakerednefed - Other names: WinDefender 2008 (other), Program: Win32 / Defendwin (other), Program: Win32 / Windefender (other).

57. Program: Win32 / Antispyware2008

58. Program: Win32 / EZCatch

59. Program: Win32 / EvidenceEraser

60. Program: Win32 / Vaccine2008

61. Win32 / FakeSpypro - Other names: FakeAlert-C.dr (McAfee), SpywareProtect2009 (Symantec), Troj / FakeAV-LS (Sophos), Win32 / Adware.SpywareProtect2009 (ESET), .Win32.FraudPack.kho (Kaspersky ), Spyware Protect 2009 (other), Antivirus System Pro (other), Security Central (other), Barracuda Antivirus (other).

62. Trojan: Win32 / FakeCog - Other names: Win32 / Adware.CoreguardAntivirus (ESET), not-a-virus: FraudTool.Win32.CoreGuard2009 (Kaspersky), FakeAlert-FQ (McAfee), W32 / Renos.FIP (Norman ), Mal / TDSSPack-L (Sophos), CoreGuardAntivirus2009 (Symantec), Fraudtool.CoreGuard2009.A (VirusBuster), CoreGuard Antivirus 2009 (other).

63. Program: Win32 / AntiVirGear

64. Adware: Win32 / VaccineProgram

65. Program: Win32 / TrustCleaner

66. Program: Win32 / SearchSpy

67. Program: Win32 / AntiSpywareExpert - Other names: Win32 / Adware.AntiSpywareMaster (ESET), Generic.Win32.Malware.AntiSpywareExpert (other), WinFixer (McAfee), AVSystemCare (Symantec), AntiSpywareExpert (Trend Micro), not- a-virus: FraudTool.Win32.AntiSpywareExpert.a (Kaspersky).

68. Program: Win32 / VirusRanger - Other names: VirusRescue (Symantec).

69. Program: Win32 / SpyDawn

70. Program: Win32 / UltimateFixer

71. Program: Win32 / WinHound

72. Program: Win32 / Spyshield

73. Program: Win32 / SpySheriff - Other names: Win32.TrojanDownloader.IEDefender (Ad-Aware), MagicAntiSpy (Sunbelt Software), Adware.SpySheriff (Symantec), SpyShredder (Symantec), IEDefender (other), Malware Destruction (other ), SpySheriff (other), SpyShredder (other).

74. Program: Win32 / Antispycheck - Other names: Win32 / Adware.AntiSpyCheck (ESET), AntiSpyCheck (Symantec).

75. Program: Win32 / SpywareIsolator - Other names: not-a-virus: FraudTool.Win32.SpywareIsolator.ad (Kaspersky), SpywareIsolator (Symantec).

76. Program: Win32 / SpyFalcon

77. Program: Win32 / PrivacyRedeemer

78. Trojan: Java / VirusConst

79. Trojan: Win32 / FakeVimes - Other names: FakeAlert-CQ (McAfee), Extra Antivirus (other), Ultra Antivirus 2009 (other), Malware Catcher 2009 (other), Melt (other) Virus, Windows PC Defender (other ).

80. Program: Win32 / PCSave - Other names: Win-Trojan / Pcsave.339456 (AhnLab), PCSave (McAfee).

81. Program: Win32 / PSGuard

82. Program: Win32 / SpywareStrike

83. Program: Win32 / Nothingvirus

84. Trojan: Win32 / AVClean

85. Trojan: Win32 / FakeIA.C - Other names: Win32 / FakeAlert.RW (CA), Dropped: Trojan.FakeAv.DS (BitDefender), FakeAlert-AB (McAfee), Trojan.Fakeavalert (Symantec), not- a-virus: FraudTool.Win32.Delf.d (Kaspersky).

86. Program: Win32 / AntispyStorm

87. Program: Win32 / Antivirustrojan

88. Program: Win32 / XDef

89. Program: Win32 / AntiSpywareSoldier

90. Program: Win32 / AdsAlert

91. Program: Win32 / AdvancedCleaner - Other names: AdvancedCleaner (Symantec).

92. Program: Win32 / FakePccleaner - Other names: Program: Win32 / Pccleaner (other), Win32 / Adwrae.PCClean (ESET), Backdoor.Win32.UltimateDefender.hu (Kaspersky), PCClean (Symantec), Program: Win32 / UltimateCleaner (other).

93. Program: Win32 / SpywareQuake

94. Program: Win32 / WareOut - Aliases: WareOut (McAfee), W32 / WareOut (Norman), WareOut (Sunbelt Software), SecurityRisk.Downldr (Symantec), Adware.Wareout (AVG).

95. Program: Win32 / Kazaap

96. Program: Win32 / SystemDefender

97. Trojan: Win32 / FakeSpyguard - Other names: Spyware Guard 2008 (other), Win32 / Adware.SpywareGuard (ESET), FakeAlert-BM (McAfee), SpywareGuard2008 (Symantec), ADW_SPYWGUARD (Trend Micro), System Guard 2009 ( other), Malware Defender 2009 (other).

98. Program: Win32 / SpyHeal

99. Program: Win32 / VirusBurst

100. Program: Win32 / VirusRescue

101. Program: Win32 / TitanShield

102. Program: Win32 / Easyspywarecleaner

103. Trojan: Win32 / Fakeinit - Other names: Trojan.FakeAlert.AUW (BitDefender), Win32 / FakeAV.ABR (CA), Fraudtool.XPAntivirus.BCVY (VirusBuster), Adware / AntivirusXPPro (Panda), AntiVirus2008 (Symantec) , Advanced Virus Remover (other), Win32 / AdvancedVirusRemover.G (CA).

104. Program: Win32 / AntiVirusPro

105. Program: Win32 / CodeClean

106. Trojan: Win32 / Spybouncer

107. Program: Win32 / MalwareWar

108. Program: Win32 / VirusHeat

109. Adware: Win32 / SpyAxe - Other names: VirusHeat (other), ControVirus (other).

110. Program: Win32 / Awola - Other names: not-virus: Hoax.Win32.Avola.a (Kaspersky), Generic FakeAlert.b (McAfee), W32 / Awola.A (Norman), Awola (Symantec), JOKE_AVOLA .D (Trend Micro).

111. Program: Win32 / MyNetProtector

112. Program: Win32 / FakeWSC

113. Program: Win32 / DoctorAntivirus

114. Program: Win32 / UltimateDefender - Other names: Ultimate (McAfee), UltimateDefender (Symantec), ADW_ULTIMATED.ME (Trend Micro), Risktool.UltimateDefender.A.Gen (VirusBuster), Adware.UltimateX-15 (Clam AV) , Win32 / Adware.UltimateDefender (ESET).