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AP Manager

Posted: April 26, 2010

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 10/10
Infected PCs: 68
First Seen: April 26, 2010
OS(es) Affected: Windows

ScreenshotAP Manager (or APManager) is a rogue anti-spyware program designed to pilfer money from computer users. AP Manager runs a fake scan of the system and produces bogus results which claim the computer is infected with parasites. This scam is geared to scare users into purchasing a copy of APManager, which is in fact a useless product. The user will be bombarded by popup warnings urging the purchase of AP Manager.
AP Manager was found to be a clone of I-Q Manager which is a scam trojan infection that can block executable programs from running. Ignore these and have the threats related to APManager removed from the system immediately.

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Aliases

Trojan.Win32.Malware (fs) [Sunbelt]Win32/Adware.Antipiracy.K [NOD32]Artemis!269B5FBB93C4 [McAfee-GW-Edition]not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.Agent.asl [Kaspersky]Trojan.PrivacyProtect [Ikarus]Win32:FakeAlert-KX [Avast]W32/DotTorrent.A.gen!Eldorado [Authentium]PHISH/Fraud.Agent.asl [AntiVir]Trojan.PrivacyProtect!IK [a-squared]Phish.Fraud.Agent.ara.2 [McAfee-GW-Edition]PHISH/Fraud.Agent.ara.2 [AntiVir]TROJ_NSIS.AX [TrendMicro]Trojan.Fakecopyright [Symantec]Trojan.Agent [Sunbelt]Troj/Agent-NCV [Sophos]
More aliases (33)

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:



install-809[1].exe File name: install-809[1].exe
Size: 1.83 MB (1837057 bytes)
MD5: ef782130bc3a3e3001d84f17de9247c1
Detection count: 79
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 26, 2010
%APPDATA%\ATManager\apmanager.exe File name: apmanager.exe
Size: 1.89 MB (1892864 bytes)
MD5: 269b5fbb93c424fa0d6a5878ff973938
Detection count: 63
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\ATManager
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 8, 2010
%APPDATA%\APManager\apmanager.exe File name: apmanager.exe
Size: 1.78 MB (1782784 bytes)
MD5: 393e7701536f570eb460cdef70225b32
Detection count: 59
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\APManager
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 2, 2010
%APPDATA%\APManager\apmanager.exe File name: apmanager.exe
Size: 1.78 MB (1782784 bytes)
MD5: 2f1039d4827811c4a77b886f43d58c88
Detection count: 7
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\APManager
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 8, 2010

Additional Information

The following messages's were detected:
# Message
1"You can pay the damages, as well as a fine and procedural expenses to the copyright holder in exchange for a waiver of prosecution and criminal court. Down below you will see the bill issued by our organization. Once the bill is settled, you get the right to use the items of intellectual property obtained via the Internet, while all the issues with the copyright holder will be settled."

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