Antivirus Action

Antivirus Action Description

Antivirus Action, a.k.a AntivirusAction, is a rogue anti-virus program that uses Trojans to penetrate a system and misleading system scans to scare users into purchasing the program. Antivirus Action comes on the heels of Security Antivirus, Security Suite, AV Security Suite, Security Suite Pro, and Security Tool — other popular rogue anti-spyware programs proliferating on the Web.

The most common methods through which rogue anti-virus programs are distributed include corrupt video codecs downloads bundled with Trojans, e-mail spam attachments, fraudulent or questionable websites, misleading advertisements, malicious links found on social networks, browser hijacking attacks, “poisoned” search results, and other aggressive, stealthy tactics.

Antivirus Action installs itself through the constant use of Trojans that exploit browser security holes, so it can enter a system without the user’s knowledge. When the Trojan-bundled download is activated, it will install Antivirus Action and then a series of alarming bogus security alerts will appear on the Desktop. Antivirus Action will also perform a system scan and report numerous malware infections on the computer. Antivirus Action’s fake security alerts redirect users to a rogue website which provides the paid licensed version of the useless software. The rogue website that distributes and promotes Antivirus Action is pcsecurityland.com.

The authors behind Antivirus Action have a clear and obvious strategy: to trick innocent users into believing that they have all types of malware problems on their computer and to ask payment for Antivirus Action’s so-called services. AntivirusAction does not have a spyware detection or removal engine, so it will not be able to remove any malware. It is highly recommended that you use a reliable anti-spyware program and remove Antivirus Action from your PC. Do not click on anything which seems related to this blatant scam and have AntivirusAction removed as soon as it has been detected.

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Antivirus Action Automatic Detection Tool (Recommended)

Technical Details

Additional Information

• The following URL's were detected:
  193.106.34.1693.174.88.135 93.174.88.136 93.174.88.138 93.174.88.139antispydot.com antispylake.com antispylake.net antispyroad.com antispytag.net antispytask.com antispyway.comantispyway.net antisywire.com antivirboost.com antivirdrome.com antivirnet.com antivirnet.net antivirstress.com ns1.antispydot.com ns1.antispylake.com ns1.antispyroad.com ns1.antispytag.com ns1.antispytag.net ns1.antispytask.com ns1.antispyway.com ns1.antispyway.net ns1.antisywire.com ns1.antivirboost.com ns1.antivirdrome.com ns1.antivirnet.com ns1.antivirnet.net ns1.antivirstress.com ns1.antivirwall.com ns1.infinitetraffic.info ns1.pcsecurityland.com ns1.softwaretoolsstore.com ns1.versionantispy.com ns2.antispydot.com ns2.antispylake.com ns2.antispyroad.com ns2.antispytag.com ns2.antispytag.net ns2.antispytask.com ns2.antispyway.com ns2.antispyway.net ns2.antisywire.com ns2.antivirboost.com ns2.antivirdrome.com ns2.antivirnet.com ns2.antivirnet.net ns2.antivirstress.com ns2.antivirwall.com ns2.pcsecurityland.com ns2.softwaretoolsstore.com ns2.versionantispy.com server1.usdebtmodifiers.comsoftwaretoolsstore.com versionantispy.com
• The following messages's were detected:
  

  #	Message
  1	Security Warning Application cannot be executed. The file notepad.exe is infected. Do you want to activate your antivirus software now.
  2	Windows Security Alert Windows reports that computer is infected. Antivirus software helps to protect your computer against viruses and other security threats. Click here for the scan your computer. Your system might be at risk now.

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