TheDefend
Threat Scorecard
EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecard
EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards are assessment reports for different malware threats which have been collected and analyzed by our research team. EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards evaluate and rank threats using several metrics including real-world and potential risk factors, trends, frequency, prevalence, and persistence. EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards are updated regularly based on our research data and metrics and are useful for a wide range of computer users, from end users seeking solutions to remove malware from their systems to security experts analyzing threats.
EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards display a variety of useful information, including:
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: | 23 |
| First Seen: | January 8, 2010 |
| Last Seen: | January 23, 2022 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
TheDefend Image
TheDefend is a rogue application that uses deciving tactics to push computer users into purchasing a full version of the TheDefend program. TheDefend, once installed, may display fake parasites warning notifications and also perform automatic system scans that do nothing but return falsified parasite results. Use of the TheDefend program will only yield potential damage to the system that it is installed on. TheDefend is not a program that is capable of detecting or removing computer parasites.
TheDefend is one more member of the FakeSmoke and a clone of WiniFighter, WiniShield, SaveKeep, SaveKeeper, SoftSafeness, TrustWarrior, WiniGuard, SecurityFighter, Security Soldier, SecureVeteran, Secure Warrior, Trust Cop, Safe Fighter, Trust Soldier, Virus Protector, BlockDefense, Security Soldier, TrustNinja, SaveDefense, SystemCop. 
Table of Contents
SpyHunter Detects & Remove TheDefend
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. | thedefend_setup.exe | 3dd5fc0db307e816bba8baa7932f157a | 8 |
| 2. | TheDefend.exe | 03dfa680428efe4a6590f689478a730d | 0 |
Directories
TheDefend may create the following directory or directories:
| %ProgramFiles%\TheDefend Software\TheDefend |
