Windows Trouble Taker
Windows Trouble Taker is a fake anti-spyware application that spreads via stealthy Trojans or malicious websites. Once Windows Trouble Taker has been successfully installed and executed on a PC system, it will create a start-up registry entry and modify the browser settings. Then Windows Trouble Taker will use bogus scanners, security alerts and pop-up warnings to make a user believe that the computer system is infected. Once a user is convinced of the supposed malware infections, he/she will be prompted to purchase the full version of Windows Trouble Taker in order to remove all the detected computer threats. Of course, all malware detections created by Windows Trouble Taker are fabricated; therefore, users are advised to ignore them. Users that encounter any type of security notification from Windows Trouble Taker are advised by malware researchers at ESG to scan their computers with reliable security software that can clear out all the rogueware and malware on the infected PC system.
Windows Trouble Taker belongs to the infamous FakeVimes family that has, among its many members, Virus Melt, Presto TuneUp, Fast Antivirus 2009, Extra Antivirus, Windows Security Suite, Smart Virus Eliminator, Packed.Generic.245, Volcano Security Suite, Windows Enterprise Suite, Enterprise Suite, Additional Guard, PC Live Guard, Live PC Care, Live Enterprise Suite, Security Antivirus, My Security Wall, CleanUp Antivirus, Smart Security, Windows Protection Suite, Windows Work Catalyst.
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SpyHunter Detects & Remove Windows Trouble Taker
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. | %AppData%\Inspector-[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe | ||
2. | %AppData%\npswf32.dll | ||
3. | %CommonPrograms%\Windows Trouble Taker.lnk | ||
4. | %DesktopDir%\Windows Trouble Taker.lnk | ||
5. | Protector-aajt.exe | 4171d6989826bfd88bfeefd20dc80e3d | 0 |