Home Rogue Websites Fliwcontrol.com

Fliwcontrol.com

Posted: March 31, 2010

Fliwcontrol.com is a corrupt domain which functions on behalf of Virus Protector, which is rogue spyware removal application. The hackers behind this scam use Fliwcontrol.com to redirect Internet users to a fake scanner webpage which produces bogus results and claims the system is infected with malware. Popup messages then urge the user to purchase Virus Protector to remove the allged threats. Do not become another victim of cybercrime and have all 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"
Loading...