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AddAntivirus.com

Posted: April 7, 2009

AddAntivirus.com is one of the latest browser hijackers, which was designed to promote the rogue anti-spyware application, MS Antispyware 2009 (also known as MSAntispyware2009). You may become infected with AddAntivirus.com hijacker by visiting infected websites or by downloading torrents infected with this malware. Another way is by Trojan virus, which modifies your browser settings in order to divert your web-surfing activities to the AddAntivirus.com domain.

Once on the AddAntivirus.com web page you are subjected to a false system scan that reports dozens of fake imaginary infections, for which it suggests you purchase and install Ms Antispyware 2009 in order to combat these threats. Not only does this rogue anti-spyware do absolutely nothing for your PC, you also run the risk of criminals having access to your credit card details, so it is very important that you block these dubious domains as soon as possible.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 Help.lnk
    2 MS Antispyware 2009.lnk
    3 MSAntispyware2009.exe

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{Subkeys}HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MSAntispyware 2009HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run gMSAntispyware2009
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