It’s not abnormal for malware to cause a blue screen to occur. However, have you heard about malware that fakes one? This is the attack method of the “Troubleshooter” malware which produces convincing-looking blue screens in order to trick and panic users into doing what it wants them to do; pay up!

What Is “Troubleshooter”?

As you can tell, the Troubleshooter malware is not actually a legitimate troubleshooter. The name of the process is an attempt to trick the user into thinking that it’s a part of Windows. Despite its helpful-sounding name, there’s nothing helpful whatsoever about this nasty piece of malware