MySecurityEngine

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: TR/Renos.2327552.1 (Avira) Win32/Adware.VirusAlarmPro (ESET) VirusDoctor (Symantec) Trojan.FakeVimes.NW (VirusBuster) My Security Engine (other) Trojan:Win32/FakeVimes (Microsoft)

Summary

Trojan:Win32/FakeVimes is a family of programs that claims to scan for malware and displays fake warnings of “malicious programs and viruses”. They then inform the user that they need to pay money to register the software in order to remove these non-existent threats.

Special Note:
Reports of Rogue Antivirus programs have been more prevalent as of late. These are programs that generate misleading alerts and false detections in order to convince users to purchase illegitimate security software. Some of these programs may display product names or logos in an apparently unlawful attempt to impersonate Microsoft products.

Use Microsoft Windows Defender, Microsoft Security Essentials, the Microsoft Safety Scanner, or another up-to-date scanning and removal tool to detect and remove this threat and other unwanted software from your computer. For more information on Microsoft security products, see http://www.microsoft.com/protect/products/computer/default.mspx.

To recreate a clean HOSTS file:

This threat may make lasting changes to an affected system’s configuration that will NOT be restored by detecting and removing this threat. For more information on returning an affected system to its pre-infected state, please see the following article/s: