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Diseroad.com

Posted: March 31, 2010

Diseroad.com is a Browser Hijacker which promotes the rogue anti-spyware program Virus Protector. The hackers behind this scam use Diseroad.com to redirect Internet users to a webpage that has a rogue system scanner which produces bogus results. The fake scan claims the system is infected with malware and urges the user to purchase Virus Protector to remove the allged threats. Do not become another victim of cybercrime and have Diseroad.com and threats related to Virus Protector removed using a legitimate anti-spyware program.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Application Data\[random].dll
    2 %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Application Data\[random].exe
    3 %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Local Settings\Temp\[random].dll
    4 %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Local Settings\Temp\[random].exe
    5 %Program Files%\Internet Explorer\[random].dll
    6 %Program Files%\Internet Explorer\[random].exe
    7 %WINDOWS%\[random].dll
    8 %WINDOWS%\[random].exe
    9 %WINDOWS%\system32\[random].dll
    10 %WINDOWS%\system32\[random].exe
    11 %WINDOWS%\system32\drivers\[random].dll
    12 %WINDOWS%\system32\drivers\[random].exe

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{Subkeys}HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Virus Protector"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\..{RunKeys}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows "AppInit_DLLs" = "[random].dll"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows "LoadAppInit_DLLs" = "1"
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