Home/ Spyware Encyclopedia / Fake Anti Spyware.VirusRemover2008 | |  | Fake Anti Spyware.VirusRemover2008 Technical Details |  |
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| Category |
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Fake
Anti Spyware |
| Discovered |
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7/11/2008
16:03:00 PM |
| Modified |
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7/11/2008
16:40:00 PM |
| Threat
Level |
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Critical |
| Description |
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VirusRemover2008
is a Fake Anti Spyware
application. VirusRemover2008
displays false scan
results after scanning
by it. When installed,
VirusRemover2008
is start automatically
scanning user computer
and display fake
system alerts or
fake security alerts
to trick user to
buy the paid version
of VirusRemover2008
in order to remove
the potential and
reported problems.
Not only does it
cause user machine
to slow down dramatically,
it would also put
user privacy and
data in risk. |
| Summary |
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The
hosts file was updated
with the following
url-to-ip mappings
: n/a
The
following http urls
were started :
virusremover2008.com
Generated smtp
traffic : n/a
There was a new
connection established
with a remote IRC
Server : n/a
The Following
Hidden Entries Created
: n/a
The
following internet
connection was established:
n/a |
| Processes |
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VRM2008.exe |
| Drivers |
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N/A |
| Folders
created |
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%PFDIR%\VirusRemover2008
%COMMON_PROGRAMS%\VirusRemover2008 |
| Browsed
Sites |
|
http://www.virusremover2008.com |
| When
the Fake Anti Spyware
is executed, it
creates the following
files: |
| Name |
Version |
Publisher |
Signature
(MD5) |
File
Size (in Bytes) |
| ..\quick
launch \virusremover2008.lnk |
|
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|
619 |
| ..\virusremover2008\vrm2008.exe |
1.0.3.0 |
NewBonn,
Inc. |
861cdddcbcea84e49fb1661b8834631e |
917264 |
| ..\vrm_free.exe |
1.0.3.0 |
NewBonn,
Inc. |
861cdddcbcea84e49fb1661b8834631e |
917264 |
| ..\desktop\virusremover2008.lnk |
|
|
|
601 |
|
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| When
the Fake Anti Spyware
is executed, it
creates the following
Registry entries: |
| • |
..\software\virusremover2008 |
| • |
..\software\{5222008a-dd62-49c7-a735-7bd18ecc7350} |
| • |
..\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\"virusremover2008" |
| • |
..\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\virusremover2008 |
| • |
..\software\virusremover2008 |
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Snapshot
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