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Antimalwarescannerv9.com

Posted: July 27, 2009

Antimalwarescannerv9.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 diverted to the Antimalwarescannerv9.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\IAGer.lng
    17 %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\Languages\IAIt.lng
    18 %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\PerAvir.exe
    19 %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\unins000.dat
    20 %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\uninstall.ico
    21 %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\working.log
    22 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Personal Antivirus.lnk
    23 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\winlogon.exe
    24 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus
    25 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\db
    26 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\db\config.cfg
    27 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\db\Timeout.inf
    28 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\db\Urls.inf
    29 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\settings.ini
    30 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\uill.ini
    31 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\unins000.exe
    32 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\Uninstall Personal Antivirus.lnk
    33 %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iGSh.png
    34 %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iMSh.png
    35 %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iPSh.png
    36 %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iv.exe
    37 %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\log.txt
    38 %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\pguard.ini
    39 %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\services.exe
    40 %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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