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Adware Eradicator

Posted: January 27, 2009

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 10/10
Infected PCs: 75
First Seen: July 24, 2009
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Adware Eradicator is a dangerous application known to be a rogue anti-spyware program. Adware Eradicator may appear to be able to detect and remove spyware or viruses from your computer but it does not have the capability to perform these actions. Adware Eradicator may come from a Trojan such as Zlob by the means of a fake video codec download.

Adware Eradicator, through deviating tactics, attempts to get computer users to purchase a full version of Adware Eradicator. Adware Eradicator does mainly by alerting you of imaginary infections through system scans and popup alert messages. Adware Eradicator cannot be trusted and should be detected and removed by a reputable spyware scan tool.

Aliases

Troj/FakeAle-KS [Sophos]Generic Malware [Panda]Win32/Adware.BPSSpywareRemover [NOD32]potentially unwanted program Generic PUP [McAfee]not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.BPSSpywareRemover.d [Kaspersky]Non-Virus: [K7AntiVirus]Virus.Win32.Spyware [Ikarus]Misc/BPSSpywareRemover [Fortinet]FraudTool.Win32.BPSSpywareRemover.d [F-Secure]Win32/VMalum.EKWH [eTrust-Vet]Trojan.Fakealert.3851 [DrWeb]Unclassified Malware [Comodo]Application.Generic.14573 [BitDefender]Fake_AntiSpyware.QQ [AVG]Win32:Spyware-gen [Avast]
More aliases (17)

Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:



SpyRem.exe File name: SpyRem.exe
Size: 790.52 KB (790528 bytes)
MD5: 547a79ed5790dec55075cb3a9b7d1b09
Detection count: 98
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
bpssr[1].exe File name: bpssr[1].exe
Size: 471.61 KB (471619 bytes)
MD5: 5ce714b7baa03c26193e3a8d89f08bb7
Detection count: 0
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
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