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Antispydot.com

Posted: October 14, 2010

Antispydot.com is a corrupt website which hijacks your browser and starts advertising Antivirus Action as a genuine product. Antispydot.com produces a fake scan which lists bogus infections with the intention of convincing users that the system is malware-ridden. This a blatant scam to get unwary users to purchase Antivirus Action. Remove the site from your browser and make sure your PC is threat free by using a reliable malware remover.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 %Temp%\[random]\
    2 %Temp%\[random]\[random]agnz.exe

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{Subkeys}HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PhishingFilter "Enabled" = "0"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings "ProxyEnable" = "1"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings "ProxyOverride" = ""HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings "ProxyServer" = "http=127.0.0.1:33921"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "[random]agnz.exe"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\[random]HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\..{RunKeys}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "[random]agnz.exe"
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