Rogue:Win32/Cedel

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Trojan:Win32/Cedel (other)

Summary

Rogue:Win32/Cedel is a rogue rogue antivirus program that imitates the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT). It displays fake alerts that the computer is infected and then redirects the user to a website to purchase the fake program.

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.

To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may be installed in your computer, run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antivirus product such as the following:

For more information on antivirus software, see http://www.microsoft.com/windows/antivirus-partners/.

To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may be installed in your computer, run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antivirus product such as the following:

For more information on antivirus software, see http://www.microsoft.com/windows/antivirus-partners/.

Additional remediation instructions for Rogue:Win32/Cedel

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