AntiMalwareGuard: rogue security software

Posted: January 16th, 2009 | Tags: Fake antivirus, Rogue |

AntiMalwareGuard is a rogue anti-spyware application that displays numerous false positives that wont be removed unless you first purchase the software. When installed, AntiMalwareGuard will scan your computer and display variety of legitimate programs as malicious. It does this to scare you into thinking you are infected and therefore will purchase their software. Get rid of AntiMAlwareGuard!

VirusTotal report

File AntiMalwareGuard_Free.exe received on 10.09.2008 11:24:28 (CET)
Current status: finished
Result: 22/36 (61.11%)

Antivirus	Version	Last Update	Result
AhnLab-V3	-	-	-
AntiVir	-	-	PHISH/Fraud.AntiMalwareGuard
Authentium	-	-	-
Avast	-	-	Win32:Faker-J
AVG	-	-	Fake_AntiSpyware.ZP
BitDefender	-	-	-
CAT-QuickHeal	-	-	FraudTool.AntiMalwareGuard (Not a Virus)
ClamAV	-	-	-
DrWeb	-	-	-
eSafe	-	-	Suspicious File
eTrust-Vet	-	-	-
Ewido	-	-	Not-A-Virus.PUP.AntiMalwareGuard
F-Prot	-	-	-
F-Secure	-	-	FraudTool.Win32.AntiMalwareGuard
Fortinet	-	-	W32/FakeVir.BJ!tr
GData	-	-	Win32:Faker-J
Ikarus	-	-	Generic.Win32.Malware.AntiSpywareExpert
K7AntiVirus	-	-	Trojan.Win32.Malware.1
Kaspersky	-	-	not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.AntiMalwareGuard
McAfee	-	-	Generic.dx
Microsoft	-	-	Program:Win32/Antimalwareguard
NOD32	-	-	-
Norman	-	-	W32/WinFixer.CCR
Panda	-	-	Adware/AntiMalwareGuard
PCTools	-	-	-
Prevx1	-	-	Fraudulent Security Program
Rising	-	-	-
SecureWeb-Gateway	-	-	Win32.NewMalware.KG!574928
Sophos	-	-	Troj/FakeVir-BJ
Sunbelt	-	-	PCPrivacyCleaner (v)
Symantec	-	-	AntiSpywareMaster
TheHacker	-	-	-
TrendMicro	-	-	-
VBA32	-	-	Signed-Hoax.Win32.AntiA
ViRobot	-	-	-
VirusBuster	-	-	-

Additional information
MD5: d9d4a586d3697b8a2cc551c01bd69264
SHA1: a6e0660329960deef9404c2a6ff207f94ff88706
SHA256: 05aa082defade1eddbfad99f6c6f50dd1425dcbfd1ca141bc4237f41f19ef738