Fake Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
Fake Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool is a fake security application that pretends to be the MSRT or Malicious Software Removal Tool which is a legitimate security program offered by Microsoft. Fake Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool is designed by hackers to trick computer users into purchasing a fake security application. Fake Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool is exploited through a Trojan infection which is known to populate the program files directory with a malicious executable named "MalwareRemoval.exe" and install a "MalwareRemoval" directory with the "Security Center.exe" file.
Upon starting up of Windows, MalwareRemoval.exe will load and then display a screen that resembles the legitimate MSRT application in hopes that a computer user will click on a function to remove certain infections that it supposedly found. If clicked on, Fake Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool may redirect you to a malicious site that sells other security applications.
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. | C:\Program Files\MalwareRemoval\Security Center.exe | |
2. | C:\Program Files\MalwareRemoval\MalwareRemoval.exe | |
3. | %UserProfile%\Application Data\MalwareRemoval | |
4. | %UserProfile%\Application Data\SetupMalwareRemoval\spl.ini | |
5. |
C:\Documents and Settings\ |
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6. | %UserProfile%\Application Data\SetupMalwareRemoval | |
7. | C:\Program Files\MalwareRemoval | |
8. | %UserProfile%\Application Data\MalwareRemoval\MalwareRemoval.ini |