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Winiguard.net

Alias: www.winiguard.net

Description: Winiguard.net is so-called fake scanner website. It looks like regular antispyware website, but it does nothing useful. Winiguard.net imitates computer scanning process and displays fake scanning results stating that your computer is infected. Winiguard.net tries to scare the user into downloading and purchasing of fake antispyware or antivirus products.

Winiguard.net may be stealthily installed by trojan in the web browser as a homepage or a Browser Helper Object (BHO), i.e. to hijack your browser. If you does not have latest security updates installed, it is possible that Winiguard.net install malware into your computer exploiting security holes, so please do not visit Winiguard.net website. If you notice that Winiguard.net website is appeared at your web browser without your knowlege, you must check your computer with SpyNoMore Anti-Spyware immediately.

Threat type:

Hijacker - A Hijacker is a software application that takes control of your browser's settings. Usually it changes your home page and redirects it to some unknown site or modifies your search settings. It prevents you from changing back your browser's settings. An infected browser usually operates much slower.

Advice: Remove This is a very high risk threat and should be removed immediately as to prevent harm to your computer and / or to protect your privacy.

Detection:
SpyNoMore removes Winiguard.net: Yes

Threat risk: Medium Risk

Potentially dangerous malware. May collect sensitive user information and broadcast data back to a server with "opt-out" permission. Category includes most adware programs.

Symptoms:

Winiguard.net or any of its pages are loaded into your web browser without your consent.

Winiguard.net Signature Details: The following information includes some of the standard signatures associated with this spyware threat. Please do not attempt to manually remove these items from your computer; Removing these items incorrectly or partially can cause your computer to experience critical errors, prevent your computer from restarting or cause loss of Internet connectivity. Should you be infected with Winiguard.net, you can clean your computer by downloading SpyNoMore now.

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