InternetSecurityDeluxe

Posted: July 18, 2008

Threat Metric

The Threat Meter is a malware assessment that SpywareRemove.com's research team is able to give every identifiable malware threat. Our Threat Meter includes several criteria based off of specific malware threats to value their severity, reach and volume. The Threat Meter is able to give you a numerical breakdown of each threat's initial Threat Level, Detection Count, Volume Count, Trend Path and Percentage Impact. The overall ranking of each threat in the Threat Meter is a basic breakdown of how all threats are ranked within our own extensive malware database. The scoring for each specific malware threat can be easily compared to other emerging threats to draw a contrast in its particular severity. The Threat Meter is a useful tool in the endeavor of seeking a solution to remove a threat or pursue additional analytical research for all types of computer users.

The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:

Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.

Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.

Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.

Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.

% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.

Threat Level:	10/10
Infected PCs:	14

First Seen:	July 24, 2009
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

InternetSecurityDeluxe, also known as Internet Security Deluxe, is a rogue anti-spyware program that infects your computer with the help of Trojan Zlob. Once you're infected, InternetSecurityDeluxe may use it's fake system scanner to report false spyware detection reports. Internet Security Deluxe may also start issuing fake system alerts and warning messages "informing" you about the supposed spyware threats. These messages may look like:

"WARNING!
Found spyware threat
Spyware amount: 5
System protection rate: low

Click the "Full system cleanup" button to erase all spyware programs and viruses.

Click the "Protect system now" buttons to protect your system from spyware threats."

If you dare click on these rogue messages, you'll be redirected to Internet Security Deluxe's website (or some other rogue website) where the full InternetSecurityDeluxe version of the program is sold for $59.95. Moreover, InternetSecurityDeluxe may hijack your homepage and change your desktop's wallpaper image. Since Zlob may also open security breaches through which other malware may be installed, it is considered a major threat to your data's security.

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:

ins2.exe,ins8.exe,ins1.exe,ins7.exe,ins5.exe,ins9.exe,ins4.exe,ins3.exe,ins6.exe,InternetSecurityDeluxeSetup.exe,insA.exe

File name: ins2.exe,ins8.exe,ins1.exe,ins7.exe,ins5.exe,ins9.exe,ins4.exe,ins3.exe,ins6.exe,InternetSecurityDeluxeSetup.exe,insA.exe
Size: 152.06 KB (152064 bytes)
MD5: a3bbf8a52d9785e796e1b7736813d5f9
Detection count: 58
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009

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One Comment

Joe Moser says:

October 29, 2008 at 7:21 pm

Thank you for advising that removeal of malware would require the licensed version of your software. Two others let me install their software before advising that I would have to pay to register the software before they wopuld do anything for me. And thank you for posting manual procedures.