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Browsersecurityinfo.com

Posted: July 23, 2009

Browsersecurityinfo.com is a rogue website sponsoring the distribution of the fake spyware remover Personal Antivirus. In order to achieve this goal, trojans infiltrate your computer through security vulnerabilities and alter the browser settings, causing web-surfing activities to be interrupted and ultimately diverted to the Browsersecurityinfo.com web page. Once here, your PC is subject to a fake online scan that reports fabricated infection results in order to scare you into purchasing the rogue spyware remover Personal Antivirus.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Desktop\Personal Antivirus.lnk
    2 %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Personal Antivirus
    3 %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Personal Antivirus\Personal Antivirus Home Page.lnk
    4 %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Personal Antivirus\Personal Antivirus.lnk
    5 %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Personal Antivirus\Purchase License.lnk
    6 %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus
    7 %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\activate.ico
    8 %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\db
    9 %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\db\DBInfo.ver
    10 %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\db\ia080614.db
    11 %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\db\ia080618x.db
    12 %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\Explorer.ico
    13 %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\Languages
    14 %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\Languages\IAEs.lng
    15 %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\Languages\IAFr.lng
    16 %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\Languages\IAIt.lng
    17 %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\PerAvir.exe
    18 %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\uninstall.ico
    19 %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\working.log
    20 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Personal Antivirus.lnk
    21 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\winlogon.exe
    22 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus
    23 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\db
    24 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\db\config.cfg
    25 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\db\Timeout.inf
    26 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\db\Urls.inf
    27 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\settings.ini
    28 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\uill.ini
    29 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\unins000.exe
    30 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\Uninstall Personal Antivirus.lnk
    31 %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iGSh.png
    32 %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iMSh.png
    33 %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iPSh.png
    34 %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iv.exe
    35 %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\log.txt
    36 %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\pguard.ini
    37 %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\services.exe
    38 %WINDOWS%\system32\log.txt

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{Subkeys}HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer "PrS"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Personal Antivirus"HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_ITGRDENGINEHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ITGrdEngineHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}Personal Antivirus_is1
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