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Holidayhomesecurity.com

Posted: February 23, 2010

Holidayhomesecurity.com is a malicious browser hijacker which promotes the rogue anti-spyware program Security Tool. If you have a Security Tool infection on your PC you most likely have a Trojan infection too. The Trojans actually open a conduit for Security Tool to enter the system. The Trojans will also use their stealth tactics to change the browser settings so that you are redirected to Holidayhomesecurity.com every time you go online. Holidayhomesecurity.com will produce a fake system scan with bogus results which claim the PC is infected with all sorts of malware. Ignore this, it is scare tactics to convince hapless computer users to purchase Security Tool, which is in fact useless. Get a reliable anti-spyware program to remove the Trojans associated to Holidayhomesecurity.com and have Security Tool terminated immediately.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 [random numbers].bat
    2 [random numbers].cfg
    3 [random numbers].exe
    4 Security Tool.lnk

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{Subkeys}HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Security ToolHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\..{RunKeys}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "[random numbers].exe
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