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Protectionwarning.com

Posted: August 7, 2007

Protectionwarning.com is a computer hijacker that results from a Zlob Trojan infection. Once installed, Zlob.Trojan will produce fake security messages stating that your computer is in serious danger and with the help of Protectionwarning.com hijacker, it will redirect your homepage to Protectionwarning.com website, which promotes rogue anti-spyware software products. It is highly recommended to remove Protectionwarning.com because it may transfer information from the infected computer to unknown servers which makes it potential for data theft.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 geplxss.dll
    2 pmmon.exe
    3 pmsngr.exe
    4 Protectionwarning.com

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{Subkeys}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{aed6f6a3-183c-488d-9f90-23db99f56e7f}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\SharedTaskSchedulerHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}"{aed6f6a3-183c-488d-9f90-23db99f56e7f}"="apathies"
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