Windows Efficiency Kit has grown into a notorious rogueware that many victims try hard to remove it without avail. Usually, the utility that most victims try to remove such fake anti-virus program is anti-virus program and “Add/Remove”. But these are destined to fail since Windows Efficiency Kit has disabled security services as well as utilities and it manages to stay on a machine even when there’s no appearance in “Add/Remove”. Let’s keep reading and see how dangerous the rogueware is.
How Dangerous Is Windows Efficiency Kit
The dangers mainly lie in the vulnerable computer after its infiltration and information theft. As a rogueware, Windows Efficiency Kit is adept at taking advantage of vulnerability/bug/loophole and backdoor for propagation. When it is done, the internal system components can be easily overwritten and modified maliciously, especially the ones associated with security services and utilities. This is how installed anti-virus program start to stop working, no more automatic update and no access to the reputable web sites offering security services. With out-of-gear security defense, the affected computer will become readily to be exploited by other infections such as Exploit:JS/Neclu.M.
Then how Windows Efficiency Kit manages to steal confidential information, and what exactly the confidential information is?
