Smart Engine Antivirus
Smart Engine Antivirus (or Smart Engine) is a rogue antivirus program which preys on computer users searching for free media online. Users will download a supposed real media file and unzip it to the hard drive only to discover that there is no media file, only some odd files that can't open. The computer will soon start slowing down and behaving strangely. Then the system will be bombarded by Smart Engine Antivirus pop-ups claiming that the computer is infected with a so-called viruses. Do not fall for this scam and have Smart Engine removed as soon as possible.
Aliases
SmartEngine
SmartEngineAntivirus
SmartEngineAntivirus
File System Modifications
- The following files were created in the system:
# File Name 1 %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Smart Engine.lnk 2 %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Application Data\Smart Engine\Instructions.ini 3 %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Desktop\Smart Engine.lnk 4 %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\StartMenu\Programs\Smart Engine.lnk 5 %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\StartMenu\Smart Engine.lnk 6 %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\17acbd\853.mof 7 %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\17acbd\SM17a_2211.exe 8 %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\17acbd\SmartEngine.exe 9 %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\17acbd\SME.ico 10 %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\17acbd\SMYEFE\SMYEFE.cfg
Registry Modifications
- The following newly produced Registry Values are:
HKEY..\..\..\..{Subkeys}HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\3HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Smart Engine"HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSSSys.DocHostUIHandler
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