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Mega-Scan-PC-New.com

Posted: February 9, 2010

Mega-Scan-PC-New.com is a browser hijacker which promotes Internet Security 2010 rogue anti-spyware products. Mega-Scan-PC-New.com produces bogus material to con computer users into purchasing their rogueware. Do not click on anything related to these parasites and use a reliable anti-spyware program to remove all threats related to Internet Security 2010 immediately.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 %Program Files%\InternetSecurity2010
    2 %Program Files%\InternetSecurity2010\IS2010.exe
    3 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Internet Security 2010.lnk
    4 %UserProfile%\Desktop\Internet Security 2010.lnk
    5 %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Internet Security 2010.lnk
    6 %WINDOWS%\system32\41.exe
    7 %WINDOWS%\system32\winhelper86.dll
    8 %WINDOWS%\system32\winlogon86.exe
    9 %WINDOWS%\system32\winupdate86.exe

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{Subkeys}HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\IS2010HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Internet Security 2010"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\..{RunKeys}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "winupdate86.exe"
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