Antimalware PC Safety
Threat Scorecard
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Ranking: The ranking of a particular threat in EnigmaSoft’s Threat Database.
Severity Level: The determined severity level of an object, represented numerically, based on our risk modeling process and research, as explained in our Threat Assessment Criteria.
Infected Computers: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
See also Threat Assessment Criteria.
Threat Level: | 100 % (High) |
Infected Computers: | 7 |
First Seen: | March 6, 2012 |
Last Seen: | April 2, 2020 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Table of Contents
Antimalware PC Safety – A Fake Anti-malware Tool Distributed by Scammers
Antimalware PC Safety is a rogue security program. Its interface is very similar to the Microsoft Security Center and to the group of rogue security programs belonging to the FakeVimes family of malware. ESG security researchers have received reports of numerous Antimalware PC Safety infections, particularly in French-speaking regions. This fake security program is designed to convince inexperienced computer users that their computer is infected. By scaring them into believing that they are the victims of a severe malware attack, criminals can then attempt to sell fake security programs (such as a supposedly 'full' version of Antimalware PC Safety) to these affected computer users. Because of these kinds of methods, malware analysts often refer to fake anti-malware applications like Antimalware PC Safety and its clones as 'scareware', that is, software designed to scare its victims in order to scam them in some way.
Among the many clones of Antimalware PC Safety are Virus Melt, Presto TuneUp, Fast Antivirus 2009, Extra Antivirus, Windows Security Suite, Smart Virus Eliminator, Packed.Generic.245, Volcano Security Suite, Windows Enterprise Suite, Enterprise Suite, Additional Guard, PC Live Guard, Live PC Care, Live Enterprise Suite, Security Antivirus, My Security Wall, CleanUp Antivirus, Smart Security, Windows Protection Suite, Windows Work Catalyst.
If your computer system is displaying warnings and error messages supposedly coming from Antimalware PC Safety, ESG malware analysts recommend running a system scan of your computer using a reliable anti-malware tool to remove the problem completely. Failure to remove Antimalware PC Safety in a timely manner will almost always result in additional malware entering your computer. Even so, a computer system with an Antimalware PC Safety infection will usually become annoying, if not impossible, to operate.
Symptoms of an Antimalware PC Safety Infection
Antimalware PC Safety uses several tactics to ensure that its victims are scared enough to fall for the scam. The main way Antimalware PC Safety makes its victims panic is by displaying a constant, aggressive barrage of error messages, pop-up notifications and alarming fake virus reports and system scans. An inexperienced computer user, faced with constant messages claiming that the computer system is infected, may not understand that the real infection is Antimalware PC Safety, instead of all of the supposed malware found in its reports.
Antimalware PC Safety also makes a computer system become slow and unstable, and can affect web browsing as well change the victim's desktop image. In some cases, Antimalware PC Safety has been found to interfere with legitimate security programs or with the victim's files, even going so far as to block perfectly harmless applications like Notepad. Since Antimalware PC Safety makes changes to the Windows Registry that permit Antimalware PC Safety to carry out these attacks, ESG security analysts recommend using a trusted anti-malware tool in order to remove Antimalware PC Safety and its harmful components automatically.
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SpyHunter Detects & Remove Antimalware PC Safety
Antimalware PC Safety Video
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File System Details
# | File Name |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
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1. | %AppData%\Antimalware PC Safety\ScanDisk_.exe | |
2. | %CommonAppData%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe | |
3. | %AppData%\Antimalware PC Safety\Instructions.ini | |
4. | %Desktop%\Antimalware PC Safety.lnk | |
5. | %CommonAppData%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].cfg | |
6. | %StartMenu%\Antimalware PC Safety.lnk | |
7. | %CommonAppData%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]\ASE.ico | |
8. | %AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Antimalware PC Safety.lnk | |
9. | %Programs%\Antimalware PC Safety.lnk |
Registry Details
Directories
Antimalware PC Safety may create the following directory or directories:
%APPDATA%\Antimalware PC Safety |