Digital Protection

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 90 % (High)
Infected Computers: 403
First Seen: April 14, 2010
Last Seen: August 13, 2021
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Digital Protection is a rogue anti-spyware program which pilfers money from hapless computer users. Digital Protection runs a fake system scan which produces bogus results to scare users into purchasing a useless software. The user will be bombarded by popup warnings urging the purchase of Digital Protection to remove the alleged parasites. Do not fall for this trickery and have Digital Protection removed using a reliable anti-spyware program.

Digital Protection belongs to the FakeCog (CoreGuard) family of fraudulent security products. There are numerous members on Digital Protection's family. Some of these members include PC Protection Center 2008, Protection System, CoreGuard Antivirus 2009, Paladin Antivirus, Dr.Guard, User Protection, Your Protection, Data Protection, Protection Center, Defense Center, AnVi, PC Protection Center, Virus.DOS.RogueAntiSpyware, Fraud.Defense Center, Malware Protection Center, Adware.PCProtectionCenter.

Aliases

13 security vendors flagged this file as malicious.

Anti-Virus Software Detection
Sophos Mal/FakeAV-CS
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/FakeCog
McAfee-GW-Edition Heuristic.LooksLike.Trojan.Agent.B
Ikarus Virus.Win32.Jifas
eTrust-Vet Win32/DigitalProtection.A
BitDefender Gen:Variant.TDss.11
Avast Win32:Jifas-FD
a-squared Virus.Win32.Jifas!IK
Sophos Mal/Rootkit-Q
Panda Suspicious file
McAfee-GW-Edition Trojan.Crypt.XPACK.Gen
F-Secure Suspicious:W32/Malware!Gemini
AntiVir TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen

SpyHunter Detects & Remove Digital Protection

File System Details

Digital Protection may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. diskchk.sys 0156b39f429336866c9be9589ba1dfbd 215
2. digprot.exe abbdf5a13bcd37676776cc967505ed57 181
3. digext.dll 2be51fa22423dab08d12d2a5566f61bb 0
4. digprot.exe 1c7ba87cfeb12e222b119ed4e0344862 0

Registry Details

Digital Protection may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
File name without path
Digital Protection.lnk

Directories

Digital Protection may create the following directory or directories:

%ProgramFiles%\Digital Protection

Messages

The following messages associated with Digital Protection were found:

A security threat detected on your computer! This malicious program may steal your private data. Click on the message to ensure the protection of your computer.
A security threat detected on your computer. TrojanASPX.JS.Win32. It strongly recommended to remove this threat right now. Click on the message to remove it.
DANGEROUS! ANTIVIRUS DETECTED SOME HARMFUL PROGRAMS ON YOUR PC! THEY MAY CORRUPT YOUR INFORMATION OR SEND IT TO HACKERS.
Harmful viruses detected on your computer. This malicious software may harm your computer. Click on the message to ensure the protection of your computer.
System files of your computer are damaged. Please, restart your system ASAP.
Unauthorized person tries to steal your passwords and private information. Click on the message to prevent identity theft.
Warning! Virus threat detected!
Virus activity detected!
Trojan-Clicker.Win32 adware has been detected. This adware module advertises websites with explicit content. Be advised of such content being possibly illegal. Please click the button below to locate and remove this threat now.

3 Comments

michael loftus Reply

My daughter's computer has been infected with digital protection, what can I do to remove it?

how can we remove this malware

please help me remove digital protection

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