CoreGuard Antivirus 2009
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| Ranking: | 3,857 |
| Threat Level: | 100 % (High) |
| Infected Computers: | 1,101 |
| First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
| Last Seen: | September 13, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Core Guard Antivirus 2009 (also known as CoreGuard or CoreGuard Antivirus 2009) is a rogue anti-virus program that belongs to the FakeCog (CoreGuard) family. Typically, Core Guard Antivirus 2009 may either penetrate the host computer through security exploits, or it is known to be downloadable on its website, which you may be diverted to due to browser hijacking. However, this fake anti-virus becomes installed on your machine, Core Guard Antivirus 2009 will begin to issue false system scans that detect various fictitious parasite threats, all in order to frighten you into purchasing the licensed version of Core Guard Antivirus 2009. It is important to note, however, that this version will be just as harmful to your system as the first one was.
There are various clones of CoreGuard Antivirus 2009. Its various clones include PC Protection Center 2008, Protection System, Paladin Antivirus, Dr.Guard, User Protection, Your Protection, Digital Protection, Data Protection, Protection Center, Defense Center, AnVi, PC Protection Center, Virus.DOS.RogueAntiSpyware, Fraud.Defense Center, Malware Protection Center, Adware.PCProtectionCenter.
Table of Contents
Aliases
15 security vendors flagged this file as malicious.
| Anti-Virus Software | Detection |
|---|---|
| Symantec | Packed.Generic.277 |
| Sunbelt | Trojan.Win32.Generic.pak!cobra |
| Sophos | Mal/TDSSPack-Q |
| NOD32 | Win32/Adware.CoreguardAntivirus.D |
| Microsoft | Trojan:Win32/FakeCog |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Trojan.FakeCog.A.91 |
| McAfee | Generic FakeAlert!gf |
| Kaspersky | Trojan.Win32.Tdss.aysr |
| Ikarus | Trojan.Win32.FakeCog |
| Fortinet | W32/FakeAV.AYSR!tr |
| CAT-QuickHeal | Trojan.Tdss.aysr |
| BitDefender | Gen:Variant.TDss.1 |
| AVG | SHeur3.JMC |
| Avast | Win32:Jifas-EO |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.Tdss.gen |
SpyHunter Detects & Remove CoreGuard Antivirus 2009
File System Details
| # | File Name | MD5 |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | CoreGuardAntivirus2009Installer.exe | 4d74eb4466c51e55f7b49135bc36e64d | 13 |
| 2. | Coreguard_2009.exe | c44d58d48705de55d9b3df4e79f07b59 | 0 |
| 3. | richtx64.exe | 58f2cf5434a85f9dd886e56f52f531d1 | 0 |
| 4. | diskperfxp.exe | 10e56f20f81e5dface0a02bc1b87a65c | 0 |
Directories
CoreGuard Antivirus 2009 may create the following directory or directories:
| %ProgramFiles%\Coreguard Antivirus 2009 |
