Threat Database Rogue Anti-Spyware Program Windows Troubles Analyzer

Windows Troubles Analyzer

By Domesticus in Rogue Anti-Spyware Program

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 100 % (High)
Infected Computers: 3
First Seen: February 28, 2011
Last Seen: January 8, 2020
OS(es) Affected: Windows

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Windows Troubles Analyzer is nothing but malware. Although this particular malware tries to convince users of infected computers that Windows Troubles Analyzer is legitimate or real anti-virus software, and Windows Troubles Analyzer has a name that is evocative of some kind of weird home psychoanalysis tool, Windows Troubles Analyzer is up to no good.

 

Symptoms Caused by Windows Troubles Analyzer

When your computer is infected with Windows Troubles Analyzer, there will be no doubt. You will know if it is Windows Troubles Analyzer, because Windows Troubles Analyzer will be in your face with fake interfaces, scans, and alerts, and you will not be able to use your computer. The most obvious and most disruptive symptom caused by Windows Troubles Analyzer is the fake user interface that shows up every time that Windows starts. Before you even see the desktop or taskbar, you will see this bogus home screen, which uses the Windows name and logo, and has a bunch of different icons representing different areas of your PC's security. The interface will always show that your security is poor, and Windows Troubles Analyzer will always run fake system scans.

When Windows Troubles Analyzer runs one of its fake scans, it will always generate a long list of results. In order to make these lists more convincing and more effective in scaring you, the names of some real viruses are always included. However, you will not find the files for any of these viruses on your computer, because they aren't there. Windows Troubles Analyzer can't scan for or detect threats; everything Windows Troubles Analyzer does is programmed ahead of time, and Windows Troubles Analyzer shows the same results on every system Windows Troubles Analyzer infects. Nonetheless, once Windows Troubles Analyzer has produced this list of results, Windows Troubles Analyzer will tell you that in order to remove these "threats," you need to activate its software. If you follow the prompts, you'll find that what Windows Troubles Analyzer means by activating its software is giving your credit card information and paying for the malware on its malicious website. Because Windows Troubles Analyzer is never anything more than malware, paying for Windows Troubles Analyzer is an extremely bad idea.

The user interface for Windows Troubles Analyzer that appears when Windows starts may or may not eventually let you access the desktop. There have been reports of Windows Troubles Analyzer so disabling a PC with the fake interface that the desktop is completely unreachable. However, in many cases, you can actually reach the desktop eventually, although Windows Troubles Analyzer will continue to interfere with the PC in ways that render it useless. In particular, Windows Troubles Analyzer will prevent you from running any other program, and will show an error message stating that whatever program you try to start is malicious or infected. Windows Troubles Analyzer will also create pop-up alerts that repeatedly warn you about the same false things: Firefox is a keylogger, lsass.exe created some kind of horrible problem during the boot process, and someone is trying to alter the system registry. As is the case with the fake scan results, these alerts are the same across all of the malware in this family, because they are written ahead of time.

Ultimately, if you are able to use your PC at all while Windows Troubles Analyzer is present, it will be extremely slow, and you will be really restricted in what you can do. Windows Troubles Analyzer can even cause a computer to be unstable enough to crash. If Windows Troubles Analyzer doesn't scare you into paying money for malware, then Windows Troubles Analyzer might try to convince you to pay ransom money, by taking your computer hostage. Don't buy into that, either; if you pay the money, absolutely nothing will change, and you will not regain control of your PC.

 

How Windows Troubles Analyzer Infects a PC

Windows Troubles Analyzer is part of a family of rogue security applications that are all part of a single scam, and which look and act nearly identically. Likewise, they rely on the same Trojan in order to infect computers, and that is the fake Microsoft Security Essentials Alert Malware. This Trojan infects your computer first, and Windows Troubles Analyzer makes way for the fake anti-virus software that fuels the scam. The Trojan may be hidden in almost any ordinary-looking download online, but it is especially common for Windows Troubles Analyzer to be hidden in fake video codecs and application updates, or on fake "free scan" sites. You download the Trojan without knowing it, and then Windows Troubles Analyzer causes a series of fake alerts to appear from the system tray, which look as if they are being generated by Microsoft Security Essentials. At first, the alerts will say that a Trojan has been detected on the system. Then, they will claim to identify the specific Trojan, and give you a prompt with a button to click on to agree to a software download or removal process in order to deal with this supposed threat. If you agree to download, you download Windows Troubles Analyzer. It's the same with all the other malware that Windows Troubles Analyzer is related to: you agree to download, and you get the latest version of the malware, with the latest name. This is how the crooks behind Windows Troubles Analyzer and its relatives manage to release a new "version" almost every day, because the differences between them are superficial and the delivery method is the same.

Additional Information on Windows Troubles Analyzer

The scam that encompasses Windows Troubles Analyzer is Russian in origin, and it has been a developing problem in 2011. Some other names that are being used for what is essentially the same malware are Windows Optimal Solution, Windows Problems Solver, Windows Express Help, and Windows Care Tool, among countless others. The name "Windows Troubles Analyzer" began being used around the end of February 2011, and it is extremely likely that there are more variations on this same malware on the way. Despite all its usage of the Windows name and logos, Windows Troubles Analyzer has no legitimate connection to Windows or Microsoft. Don't trust this malware with your computer's safety.ScreenshotScreenshotScreenshotScreenshotScreenshotScreenshotScreenshotScreenshotScreenshotScreenshot

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File System Details

Windows Troubles Analyzer may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. ehpiis.exe 02073b88b8072018ca57f30b0ae247c1 1

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