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Astrum Antivirus Pro

Posted: December 25, 2008

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 10/10
Infected PCs: 16
First Seen: July 24, 2009
Last Seen: January 10, 2019
OS(es) Affected: Windows

ScreenshotAstrum Antivirus Pro is a rogue anti-spyware application and a clone of VirusTrigger and Antivirus Trigger. Astrum Antivirus Pro is often downloaded and installed by a Trojan or through browser security holes. Astrum Antivirus Pro may generate large numbers of popup adverts. Astrum Antivirus Pro will also display notifications of imaginary security risks in its attempts to get the user to purchase the full version. Astrum Antivirus Pro may run a fake system scanner and then display fake system scan results stating that your system is flooded with spyware. Astrum Antivirus Pro program may be difficult to remove manually, and will continue to try to recreate itself.

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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:



Astrum.exe File name: Astrum.exe
Size: 1.6 MB (1605632 bytes)
MD5: df10ec6c415d7a7e75701795e1690f23
Detection count: 55
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
asv[1].exe File name: asv[1].exe
Size: 1.34 MB (1346851 bytes)
MD5: f5efcde3fd38255e00c3c69a31709c56
Detection count: 46
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%ProgramFiles%\Astrumsoftware
The following cookies were detected:
astrumavr
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