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Vista Antivirus 2014

Posted: September 8, 2014

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 10/10
Infected PCs: 133
First Seen: September 7, 2014
Last Seen: April 1, 2020
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Vista Antivirus 2014 is a rogue anti-virus scanner that uses its fake system warnings as excuses to request money and financial information from PC users, which Vista Antivirus 2014 acquires through an equally-fake software-registering process. While Vista Antivirus 2014 is a new brand name for scamware, its symptoms, structure and overall campaign are heavily reminiscent of past threats, including XP Antivirus 2014 and various members of the FakeRean family. Removing Vista Antivirus 2014 with legitimate anti-malware solutions should be undertaken immediately to prevent your PC from being harmed by false security information and other attacks meant to force you to purchase this fake AV product.

A New Year's Old Software Strategy

Vista Antivirus 2014's campaign only was confirmed recently, as part of an expansion of scamware collectively labeled as FakeRean. Noted for their broad compatibility with most versions of Windows, along with diverse names associated with different versions of that platform, these fake anti-virus programs have continued the same attacks as old scamware. Currently, malware experts rate the following side effects of a Vista Antivirus 2014 infection as being the most likely to occur:

  • Hijacking your browser, which Vista Antivirus 2014 may use to block legitimate websites or redirect your browser to fake warning pages.
  • Blocking other software, especially security-oriented applications like Task Manager or the Windows Update.
  • Modify Registry-based security settings to lower your PC's security.
  • Display fake pop-up alerts for threat attacks, such as keylogger infections that collect typed information.
  • Run fake 'scans' of your PC that provide inaccurate, highly negative results that detect wide ranges of threatening software.

Altogether, these attacks also place your computer at risk for being affected by other threats.

Climbing to a Vista Untainted by Scamware

Although its imitative anti-virus 'features' are the means by which Vista Antivirus 2014 convinces PC users to waste money on its registration, its other attacks are more meaningful hazards to the safety of a compromised PC. Like its other relatives, Vista Antivirus 2014 always should be considered as an imminent danger to your machine until Vista Antivirus 2014 is been uninstalled by appropriate anti-malware tools. If Vista Antivirus 2014 blocks these tools, malware experts would encourage standardized anti-malware techniques that can disable Vista Antivirus 2014 first, such as restarting with Safe Mode.

Vista Antivirus 2014's family members include Antivirus 2008 Pro, Antivirus XP 2008, Windows Antivirus 2008, Vista Antivirus 2008, PC Clean Pro, Antivirus Pro 2009, Rogue.Vista Antivirus 2008, AntiSpy Safeguard, ThinkPoint, Spyware Protection 2010, Internet Antivirus 2011, Palladium Pro, XP Anti-Virus 2011, CleanThis, XP Security 2012, XP Home Security 2012 and AntiVirus PRO 2015.

Vista Antivirus 2014's distribution means still are the subject of investigation by malware researchers. However, past members of Multi-Rogue 2014's overall family often have abused in-browser exploits, such as corrupted JavaScript, along with misleading pop-up Trojan. The proper protection for your Web browser may be your best option for avoiding Vista Antivirus 2014 entirely, rather than deleting Vista Antivirus 2014 after an infiltration.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:



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Size: 82.43 KB (82432 bytes)
MD5: dad3d265882d724ddab646b44f477274
Detection count: 85
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 4, 2014
f75fe7436c7a8f966793ef36bf91e69aa597650a9e16b4db1235b94e6dfc13c7.exe File name: f75fe7436c7a8f966793ef36bf91e69aa597650a9e16b4db1235b94e6dfc13c7.exe
Size: 82.43 KB (82432 bytes)
MD5: 0825d6e70acfbe209dfc79fe0278edfa
Detection count: 84
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 4, 2014
e6b3574875564ccf177f3550185ba7466808b25120dfdd5e661145c4bf2534a3.exe File name: e6b3574875564ccf177f3550185ba7466808b25120dfdd5e661145c4bf2534a3.exe
Size: 82.94 KB (82944 bytes)
MD5: 35520a42bd81730f7d2d497324b45ca1
Detection count: 83
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 4, 2014
e296f023f0155ff870c76e7e646c64e4f37b7a324dbbc370d3aef2d258e18e07.exe File name: e296f023f0155ff870c76e7e646c64e4f37b7a324dbbc370d3aef2d258e18e07.exe
Size: 82.94 KB (82944 bytes)
MD5: 4e4ce4a8e68b9e6ae4fa823ed8e330b6
Detection count: 82
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 4, 2014
cf50de9f0d30d4fbffcf30865a054bd153cc8f9c394b66bccb4cb6a1ef712ada.exe File name: cf50de9f0d30d4fbffcf30865a054bd153cc8f9c394b66bccb4cb6a1ef712ada.exe
Size: 82.94 KB (82944 bytes)
MD5: 585d6eb842385840ea332cf62ff1adc3
Detection count: 81
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 4, 2014
888bb2f01d52ab5a1eada119ab8d68316ab8dbc2bf97b8f22cfdbc023f1443fa.exe File name: 888bb2f01d52ab5a1eada119ab8d68316ab8dbc2bf97b8f22cfdbc023f1443fa.exe
Size: 82.43 KB (82432 bytes)
MD5: 759d125106bd4c4b1b438f8a24fa1e45
Detection count: 80
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 4, 2014
4afa8b782bf3bfd6b72985538e369708244bacf03a5c35b5f2ca60ce2c45c037.exe File name: 4afa8b782bf3bfd6b72985538e369708244bacf03a5c35b5f2ca60ce2c45c037.exe
Size: 82.94 KB (82944 bytes)
MD5: 55fd4f673d7c1cd098b1444187cc1a21
Detection count: 76
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 4, 2014
42f7d9efed3d944fe1671034cc60673ea9e14d03f7e59ca8aa68ae0dc15c5d3f.exe File name: 42f7d9efed3d944fe1671034cc60673ea9e14d03f7e59ca8aa68ae0dc15c5d3f.exe
Size: 82.43 KB (82432 bytes)
MD5: fab108e9fcdc8c26f00380772b6e4fa6
Detection count: 75
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 4, 2014
339e1ca336b0cf97e0b94218d58c8304287bd932439f7e7dcf6d42febc79b8fa.exe File name: 339e1ca336b0cf97e0b94218d58c8304287bd932439f7e7dcf6d42febc79b8fa.exe
Size: 82.43 KB (82432 bytes)
MD5: 62417af4ee2bdbd5c9c8955b7dedebc2
Detection count: 74
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 4, 2014
16dac8c82038918c46592900157fdb8c8cc7d5a0085c545ac72f6a96f1f45f2c.exe File name: 16dac8c82038918c46592900157fdb8c8cc7d5a0085c545ac72f6a96f1f45f2c.exe
Size: 82.43 KB (82432 bytes)
MD5: 5aaa58a91b90cfa93a4ca599ae4b9829
Detection count: 73
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 4, 2014
00f4bfab95685556e658bb5812900686f0837c285fee502860b8a03d2897a9f2.exe File name: 00f4bfab95685556e658bb5812900686f0837c285fee502860b8a03d2897a9f2.exe
Size: 82.43 KB (82432 bytes)
MD5: e3d6e4af9bdb2bd2baf9b7b76fb88f7a
Detection count: 72
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 4, 2014
%SystemDrive%\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\5cji4z.exe File name: 5cji4z.exe
Size: 82.43 KB (82432 bytes)
MD5: 922a92c0737e65ff3b03891cff50c37a
Detection count: 70
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SystemDrive%\Users\<username>\AppData\Local
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 4, 2014
%LOCALAPPDATA%\7k5mp.exe File name: 7k5mp.exe
Size: 82.43 KB (82432 bytes)
MD5: d1cf5bbf6c71aff081d89bcaae1248a9
Detection count: 23
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 4, 2014
%LOCALAPPDATA%\cfwdufiv.exe File name: cfwdufiv.exe
Size: 82.43 KB (82432 bytes)
MD5: 062f6ea128d113a9e52e8c072d4884a0
Detection count: 16
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 4, 2014
%LOCALAPPDATA%\aauqobnb.exe File name: aauqobnb.exe
Size: 82.43 KB (82432 bytes)
MD5: 48ba1563cbe0aa437a61844153d11c87
Detection count: 12
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 4, 2014
%WINDIR%\Installer\{1BAB6219-5EBA-42B7-97CF-33CFB6224837}\msiexec.exe File name: msiexec.exe
Size: 82.43 KB (82432 bytes)
MD5: be4fe5f94ee3e537bd364c1fe37cbfb8
Detection count: 7
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %WINDIR%\Installer\{1BAB6219-5EBA-42B7-97CF-33CFB6224837}
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 4, 2014
%LOCALAPPDATA%\bwhviujc.exe File name: bwhviujc.exe
Size: 82.43 KB (82432 bytes)
MD5: 34009b0cc5d10ded9f7c02ffbe03e6ce
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 4, 2014
%LOCALAPPDATA%\ioundltt.exe File name: ioundltt.exe
Size: 82.94 KB (82944 bytes)
MD5: c209a9ca6f2943aa4554cdea599219ad
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 4, 2014
%LOCALAPPDATA%\qx98w2d30d.exe File name: qx98w2d30d.exe
Size: 82.43 KB (82432 bytes)
MD5: 90e109518c30037dff61d9c41ce1b7a4
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 4, 2014
%LOCALAPPDATA%\ac0mb4mzg.exe File name: ac0mb4mzg.exe
Size: 82.43 KB (82432 bytes)
MD5: a9341756e9e1f98c30f56d3802827b41
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 4, 2014
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