Malware Protection Center is a fake anti-spyware program that pretends to provide reliable security services. However, you have to know that this attacker is not able to protect your PC. Also, it cannot detect any system threats or infected files, as it is not legitimate software. Malware Protection Center will use deceitful tricks to make people believe that it is able to protect their computers. The attacker will also show fake warnings to scare the user into thinking there are serious system problems that need to be fixed immediately. Moreover, Malware Protection Center will imitate a system scan. Not only that, but this fake tool will also turn your computer into a real mess and it will do anything to scare you into paying for its useless services. Malware Protection Center will not tell you about its true intentions, and it will not disclose its nature. On the contrary, it will hide itself deep into the system and do not tell you about its malicious plan.
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Malware Protection Center is a part of the Rogue.VirusDoctor family. The other members of this family are also reported to be fraudulent applications aimed at scaring people into paying for a bogus and useless tool. Malware Protection Center uses web sites that are able to detect vulnerabilities in programs that are running on a person’s PC. After that these vulnerabilities are used to transfer Malware Protection Center to the targeted machine without the knowledge of its owner. Another way used to spread Malware Protection Center is via fake online scanners. The scanner tells the user that there are many infected files on his PC and the problems need to be fixed immediately. To do that, the user is told to download some unknown application. The truth is that thus Malware Protection Center will be downloaded to the targeted PC, and it will be able to enter into the system without any problems. The next step of Malware Protection Center is to start its malicious plan. The only aim of Malware Protection Center is to beguile the user into thinking that there are numerous system problems, and errors and they may lead even to a system crash. Malware Protection Center would do anything to create this deceitful idea about the state of the system.
Figure 1. Malware Protection Center screenshot
The first thing that is done after Malware Protection Center has entered into the system is to create many infected files. Malware Protection Center creates numerous compromised files that are hidden in the %UserProfile%\Recent\ directory. The files have random characters in their names and are, in fact, powerful tools used to accomplish the deceitful plan. The next step of Malware Protection Center is to start showing fake system messages. Malware Protection Center pretends to warn the user about serious system errors and problems. In fact, these problems do not exist. The frightening messages are aimed at scaring the user into thinking he needs the services of Malware Protection Center. The messages show the following warnings:
System Message
Your PC may still be infected with dangerous viruses. Malware Protection Center protection is needed to prevent data loss and avoid theft of your personal data and credit card details. Click here to activate protection.
Address space conflict Warning!
Access conflict detected An unidentified program is trying to access system process address space.
System Alert
Suspicious software which may be malicious has been detected on your PC. Click here to remove this threat immediately using Malware Protection Center.
Warning! Virus Detected
Threat Detected: Trojan-Spy.HTML.BankFraud.ra Recommended: Please click “Remove All” button to erase all infected files and protect your PC.
Malware Protection Center also makes a fake scan of the system. The scan detects the infected files Malware Protection Center has created itself. Malware Protection Center will tell the user that he has to delete the compromised files as soon as he can. However, Malware Protection Center will not allow the user to do that without paying for its full version.
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Do not be tricked by any of these empty threats and remember that Malware Protection Center is an attacker. The fake tool has to be removed immediately together with all the files it has created. Also, do not submit personal or financial information to this intruder.
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