WinDefender2008
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Threat Level: | 100 % (High) |
Infected Computers: | 172 |
First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
Last Seen: | January 22, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
WinDefender2008 (or, alternatively, WinDefender 2008) is a rogue anti-spyware program that bombards you with numerous pop-up ads and notifications that explain you have a variety of privacy risks on your system. These, of course, are completely untrue, however they tend to work in persuading you to purchase the WindDefender2008 program. When installed, WinDefender2008 will scan your computer and list a large amount of false privacy risks, in order to intimidate you into purchasing the "full" commercial version of this software. If you use Internet Explorer while the program is running, at certain times the program will also display alerts stating certain legitimate sites were risks even when the sites are perfectly safe.
Table of Contents
Aliases
8 security vendors flagged this file as malicious.
Anti-Virus Software | Detection |
---|---|
Symantec | WinDefender |
Sunbelt | WinDefender 2008 |
Prevx1 | Suspicious |
Panda | Adware/WinDefender2008 |
Microsoft | Program:Win32/Fakerednefed |
Ikarus | Generic.Win32.Malware.Fakerednefed |
Avast | Win32:Trojan-gen {Other} |
AntiVir | SPR/Fraud.W.1961984 |
SpyHunter Detects & Remove WinDefender2008
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.
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1. | SecCenter.exe | b29b60fbb09dbb46a610d7cbb9b5d136 | 0 |
2. | SecCenter.exe | 58346dd41bc7cf19b2164deee4dff0c5 | 0 |
3. | FwHookDrv.sys | 50fa7aec76db8eb6f74cab4cf0ca8926 | 0 |
4. | SecCenter.exe | d2550ff9ccdc58cadf134b854ea708e0 | 0 |
5. | hook.exe, WDefDemo.exe | 4ba299018edb702e86e2d52cb3a2f4ce | 0 |
6. | panel.exe | ee84c2abbe41b80b9e6ea7255021500e | 0 |
7. | WDefDemo.exe | 529332412fea9eaf35d8733be4749970 | 0 |
Directories
WinDefender2008 may create the following directory or directories:
%ProgramFiles%\WinDefender 2008 |