Uninstall Fake “Windows Movie Maker” Right Now, Third Biggest Threat Spotted By ESET

Well uninstall "Windows Movie Maker" Right now, the third biggest threat seen by ESET

If you remember, Microsoft officially removed the Windows Movie Maker from its website in early January. Windows Movie Maker is a popular video editing software that came bundled with Windows Essentials.

Well, Microsoft has killed Windows Movie Maker and has introduced another free video editing software called Story Remix. However, Google has recorded over 100 million searches for the discovery of "Movie Maker" and "Windows Movie Maker"

Well, Windows Movie Maker saw its last stable release in 2012 and it was now completely removed from Microsoft's download website. However, if you search for the Windows Movie Maker on Google, you will get some scam links.

The latest filmmaker scam was first found by security firm ESET, it has mentioned the latest movie maker scandal on November 5 as the third biggest threat in the world, identified threats Win32 / Hoax.MovieMaker ESET's telemetry by Israel, Denmark, Philippines And filed scandals in Finland.

If you search on Google "Movie Maker" you will find a website "www (dot) windows-maker (dot) org". Now, whenever any user tries to save the file using scam software, then it asks for $ 30 upgrade free for the full version. If you click on the "Buy Now" button, you will be redirected to a webpage. Will be done, where you find that you have been given 25% off.

However, scam software does not put any malware or lock computer. ESET has already told Microsoft and Google about the fake Windows Movie Maker scam campaign. In return, Microsoft issued a statement in which they said "as always, we recommend that they exercise caution when downloading applications or programs from sites that are not known or not"

If you have already scanned the Windows Movie Maker app, then uninstall it as soon as possible. If possible, scan your computer using some good security solutions.