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MS Antivirus 2008

Posted: August 21, 2008

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 10/10
Infected PCs: 101
First Seen: July 24, 2009
Last Seen: January 23, 2022
OS(es) Affected: Windows

ScreenshotMS Antivirus 2008, also known as MSAntivirus 2008 and a clone of XP Antivirus 2008, is a rogue anti-spyware program. You may have downloaded MS Antivirus 2008 thinking it would solve your spyware issues, or it may have infected your computer with the help of Trojan Zlob or Vundo usually found bundled with fake video codecs.

Once you're infected with Zlob, it will use aggressive advertising methods to push it's rogue website and sell its product, claiming to be able to clean your computer from spyware. Zlob's deceptive methods include: fake warning alert popups and system notification messages in the Taskbar. The links on the fake warning messages lead to a rogue website where you'll be convinced to download the a trial version of MS Antivirus 2008.

MS Antivirus 2008 is able to emulate a system scan and report a list of supposed infections to scare you and to push you into buying the full MS Antivirus 2008 version. This approach is to lead you to believe that you're infected with a load of spyware, when, in reality, is MS Antivirus 2008 the cause of the spyware. MS Antivirus 2008 is able to emulate a system scan and report a list of supposed infections to scare you and to push you into buying the full MS Antivirus 2008 version. MS Antivirus 2008 may launch on every Windows startup.

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Aliases

Trojan-Downloader.Win32.CodecPack (v) [Sunbelt]Mal/EncPk-HW [Sophos]Trojan.LooksLike [McAfee-GW-Edition]Generic Dropper.cx [McAfee]Crypt.EXN [AVG]TROJ_FAKEAV.JD [TrendMicro]Troj/FakeVir-FL [Sophos]FakeAlert-AB [McAfee]not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.MSAntivirus.t [Kaspersky]Trojan.Win32.Malware.1 [K7AntiVirus]Adware/FakeAV [Fortinet]ApplicUnwnt.Win32.FraudTool.MSAntivirus.t [Comodo]Adware.FakeAntiVirus.J [BitDefender]Win32:FraudTool-KD [Avast]W32/FakeAV.N [Authentium]
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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:



MSA.exe File name: MSA.exe
Size: 415.23 KB (415232 bytes)
MD5: 6578d1134e1bbd43b037ea7862e98994
Detection count: 96
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
MSXSetup[1].exe File name: MSXSetup[1].exe
Size: 513.06 KB (513065 bytes)
MD5: 3f8ec7a65e0509e044d18a6cf11e242d
Detection count: 94
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
msa.exe File name: msa.exe
Size: 394.24 KB (394240 bytes)
MD5: d343621a6243c0427316dd808242ed3c
Detection count: 82
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
msa.exe File name: msa.exe
Size: 123.9 KB (123908 bytes)
MD5: 691f930799286e15ef5c59b7e0938ffb
Detection count: 76
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
msa.exe File name: msa.exe
Size: 119.81 KB (119812 bytes)
MD5: 8ab7a964f15fe221610aa007b8b8a7f9
Detection count: 73
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
MSx.exe File name: MSx.exe
Size: 412.16 KB (412160 bytes)
MD5: cc0df062cb5a99845ab44a162afa98de
Detection count: 70
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
MSx.exe File name: MSx.exe
Size: 404.99 KB (404992 bytes)
MD5: 93668082f7b166e1ee540303b29a08ff
Detection count: 64
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
MSA.exe File name: MSA.exe
Size: 416.76 KB (416768 bytes)
MD5: e7b5ab24a8c5c23d6905dcbd54aca1a3
Detection count: 61
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
MSASetup[1].exe File name: MSASetup[1].exe
Size: 1.03 MB (1037918 bytes)
MD5: 1f58d870738aaebb12ed7ece90781c6a
Detection count: 53
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
MSx.exe File name: MSx.exe
Size: 411.64 KB (411648 bytes)
MD5: 1b8cb53e033fb543f7e8c80d2706d0c4
Detection count: 45
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
MSA.cpl File name: MSA.cpl
Size: 167.42 KB (167424 bytes)
MD5: d27c67f9d00201830f4b68288132bf2f
Detection count: 45
Mime Type: unknown/cpl
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
msa.exe File name: msa.exe
Size: 121.34 KB (121348 bytes)
MD5: d43724b770d8ee91310aefb7b0fe9bc0
Detection count: 44
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
msa.exe File name: msa.exe
Size: 100.35 KB (100356 bytes)
MD5: 65cccc27d197069f3f517ad1b186e4f1
Detection count: 42
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
MSA.exe File name: MSA.exe
Size: 412.16 KB (412160 bytes)
MD5: 3620099dc77e54b95932efb1cfb9ca6d
Detection count: 42
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
msa.exe File name: msa.exe
Size: 156.67 KB (156672 bytes)
MD5: ef5765b5b5a67e92520e3f53fdc0decb
Detection count: 40
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 1, 2010
MSx.exe File name: MSx.exe
Size: 421.88 KB (421888 bytes)
MD5: b4aeebd4ed770bf09b9baa8cc6c587e0
Detection count: 31
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Documenti\Download\***s Rogue Pack\***'s Rogue Pack\MSAntivirusInstaller.exe File name: MSAntivirusInstaller.exe
Size: 407.55 KB (407552 bytes)
MD5: 129501043ec966c3a40cae111bdf9370
Detection count: 30
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Documenti\Download\***s Rogue Pack\***'s Rogue Pack\MSAntivirusInstaller.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 23, 2022
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Documenti\Download\***s Rogue Pack\***'s Rogue Pack\MSAntivirus2008Installer.exe File name: MSAntivirus2008Installer.exe
Size: 396.8 KB (396800 bytes)
MD5: f238730484c505874683602c1d5a1482
Detection count: 30
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Documenti\Download\***s Rogue Pack\***'s Rogue Pack\MSAntivirus2008Installer.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 23, 2022
MSXSetup.exe File name: MSXSetup.exe
Size: 671.28 KB (671282 bytes)
MD5: d593ccf1c7439e506f3bfa5c3156da4d
Detection count: 25
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
MSx.exe File name: MSx.exe
Size: 411.64 KB (411648 bytes)
MD5: f0466ddaa45c1ea58e3086080af19381
Detection count: 24
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
MSA.exe File name: MSA.exe
Size: 400.38 KB (400384 bytes)
MD5: 25f4c04d80a7ab8c1d588f1c1aaaabc8
Detection count: 23
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
MSx.exe File name: MSx.exe
Size: 416.25 KB (416256 bytes)
MD5: 2aa2a4dd19f49aae65b2d4800942bea4
Detection count: 12
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
MSx.exe File name: MSx.exe
Size: 399.87 KB (399872 bytes)
MD5: 9068f3739ba9cfe80dc443271e3a778f
Detection count: 6
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
msa.exe File name: msa.exe
Size: 151.04 KB (151040 bytes)
MD5: 934bcc2cc528750ce375a37db676b902
Detection count: 4
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
msa.exe File name: msa.exe
Size: 136.7 KB (136704 bytes)
MD5: 0353074e6173ac9efba6bb7178720ef3
Detection count: 1
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009

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5 Comments

  • Art says:

    Great stuff. Removed MS Antivirus + some other bad programs. Thanks a lot.

  • ric barbaza says:

    Thank you very much for this information(even though at this point in time the info is relatively higly technical for me to grasp; and, I'm learning). You're doing a great service to us - the general public consumer! More power & acknowledgement to you! Appreciating you, Ric

  • kristen says:

    THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! This is the only thing that helped and SpyHunter3 was the only program that found eveything!!!

  • mary anne says:

    does the system restore thing deletes any data from your computer (such as formatting?) sorry for asking but i better ask bec i need to keep all data and programs i have

  • mike says:

    Does anyone know where this company promoting this malware is located? I would like to contact them.

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