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FreeCoverOnline.cn

Posted: April 27, 2009

FreeCoverOnline.cn is a browser hijacker and rogue website that promotes the fake anti-spyware application Antivirus Plus. FreeCoverOnline.cn attacks your PC through a Trojan that gets installed onto your PC without your knowledge. Your browser is then redirected to the malicious website. FreeCoverOnline.cn will run a pretend online antivirus scanner that will report fictitious infections. These infections are fabricated so that you purchase the full paid version of the bogus Antivirus Plus application. Do not trust the results of this scanner or the rogue website, FreeCoverOnline.cn, that you are redirected to. It is strongly advised that you remove the infections immediately.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 Antivirus Plus.lnk
    2 AntivirusPlus.exe
    3 Uninstall Antivirus.lnk

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\..{RunKeys}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "AntivirusPlus"
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