HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Winwebsec
OR:
Winwebsec on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

Winwebsec is a category of malware that targets the users of
Windows Windows is a group of several proprietary graphical operating system families developed and marketed by Microsoft. Each family caters to a certain sector of the computing industry. For example, Windows NT for consumers, Windows Server for ser ...
operating systems and produces fake claims as genuine anti-malware
software Software is a set of computer programs and associated software documentation, documentation and data (computing), data. This is in contrast to Computer hardware, hardware, from which the system is built and which actually performs the work. ...
, then demands payment to provide fixes to fictitious problems.


Winwebsec

These are programs that generate misleading alerts and false detections in order to convince users to purchase illegitimate security software. Some of these programs, including Win32/Winwebsec, may display product names or logos of some well-known companies like Microsoft in an attempt to impersonate some genuine products of legitimate companies. The software shows popup that claim to scan for malware, and displays fake warnings similar to: They then show a message to the user that they need to pay money to activate the software in order to remove these threats which actually don’t exist. This malware may display a dialog that looks similar to Windows Security Center or it may have names like Live Security Platinum or Security Shield. The GUI varies from variant to variant. Microsoft security software detects and removes this family of threats.


Variants

*Smart Protection 2012 *Smart Protection 2013 *Smart Protection 2014 *Security Sphere 2012 *Security Sphere 2013 *Security Sphere 2014 *System Security *Winweb Security (where the family gets its name from) *Smart Security *Total Security *Security Tool *Security Shield *Security Scanner *System Tool *MS Removal Tool *Essential Cleaner *Win 7 Security System *Win 8 Security System *Win XP Security System *System Progressive Protection *Disk Antivirus Professional *System Care Antivirus *Live Security Platinum *Personal Shield Pro *AVASoft Antivirus Professional *AVASoft Professional Antivirus *Smart Fortress 2012 *Smart Fortress 2013 *Smart Fortress 2014 *System Doctor 2012 *System Doctor 2013 *System Doctor 2014 *Reimage Repair *Adware/AntiSpywarePro2009 *Adware/UltimateCleaner *Adware/Xpantivirus2008 *AntiSpyware Pro 2009 *AntiVirus2008 *FakeAlert-AntiSpywarePro *FakeAlert-WinwebSecurity.gen


See also

*
Rogue security software Rogue security software is a form of malicious software and internet fraud that misleads users into believing there is a virus on their computer and aims to convince them to pay for a fake malware removal tool that actually installs malware on ...
*
Social engineering (security) Social engineering may refer to: * Social engineering (political science), a means of influencing particular attitudes and social behaviors on a large scale * Social engineering (security), obtaining confidential information by manipulating and/o ...
* List of rogue security software *
Scareware Scareware is a form of malware which uses social engineering to cause shock, anxiety, or the perception of a threat in order to manipulate users into buying unwanted software. Scareware is part of a class of malicious software that includes r ...


References

{{Reflist Computer security articles needing attention Windows malware