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Privacy-center.org

Posted: May 18, 2009

Privacy-center.org is a corrupted domain that hosts the fake spyware remover called Privacy Center. Because of trojan viruses infiltrating the system and altering the browser settings, all web-surfing activities are diverted to the Privacy-center.org website. Here you are subject to intense and aggressive adware campaigns attempting to brainwash you into purchasing the Privacy Center application, along with a fake online scan that reports only fabricated infection results in order to scare you into purchasing the Privacy Center software.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 %Program Files%\Privacy center
    2 %Program Files%\Privacy center\agent.exe
    3 %Program Files%\Privacy center\faq
    4 %Program Files%\Privacy center\faq\guide.html
    5 %Program Files%\Privacy center\faq\images
    6 %Program Files%\Privacy center\faq\images\gimg1.jpg
    7 %Program Files%\Privacy center\faq\images\gimg10.jpg
    8 %Program Files%\Privacy center\faq\images\gimg2.jpg
    9 %Program Files%\Privacy center\faq\images\gimg3.jpg
    10 %Program Files%\Privacy center\faq\images\gimg4.jpg
    11 %Program Files%\Privacy center\faq\images\gimg5.jpg
    12 %Program Files%\Privacy center\faq\images\gimg6.jpg
    13 %Program Files%\Privacy center\faq\images\gimg7.jpg
    14 %Program Files%\Privacy center\faq\images\gimg8.jpg
    15 %Program Files%\Privacy center\faq\images\gimg9.jpg
    16 %Program Files%\Privacy center\pc.exe
    17 %Program Files%\Privacy center\sounds
    18 %Program Files%\Privacy center\sounds\1.mp3
    19 %Program Files%\Privacy center\sounds\3.mp3
    20 %Program Files%\Privacy center\tools
    21 %Program Files%\Privacy center\tools\sc
    22 %Program Files%\Privacy center\tools\sc\ca.crt
    23 %Program Files%\Privacy center\tools\sc\libeay32.dll
    24 %Program Files%\Privacy center\tools\sc\libssl32.dll
    25 %Program Files%\Privacy center\tools\sc\OemWin2k.inf
    26 %Program Files%\Privacy center\tools\sc\openvpn.exe
    27 %Program Files%\Privacy center\tools\sc\tap0801.sys
    28 %Program Files%\Privacy center\tools\sc\tapinstall.exe
    29 %Program Files%\Privacy center\tools\sp
    30 %Program Files%\Privacy center\tools\sp\spbho.dll
    31 %Program Files%\Privacy center\uninstall.exe
    32 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Privacy center
    33 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Privacy center\dbases
    34 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Privacy center\dbases\cg.dat
    35 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Privacy center\dbases\mw.dat
    36 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Privacy center\dbases\rd.dat
    37 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Privacy center\dbases\sc.dat
    38 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Privacy center\dbases\sm.dat
    39 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Privacy center\dbases\sp.dat
    40 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Privacy center\keys
    41 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Privacy center\keys\cg.key
    42 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Privacy center\keys\rd.key
    43 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Privacy center\keys\sc.key
    44 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Privacy center\keys\sp.key
    45 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Privacy center\temp
    46 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Privacy center\temp\settings.ini
    47 %UserProfile%\Application Data\Privacy center\temp\spfilter
    48 %UserProfile%\Desktop\Privacy center.lnk
    49 %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Privacy center
    50 %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Privacy center\Privacy center.lnk

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{Subkeys}HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "agent.exe"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{D032570A-5F63-4812-A094-87D007C23012}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D032570A-5F63-4812-A094-87D007C23012}HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\spbho.TIEBHOHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}Privacy center

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