MS Antivirus 2008
Posted: August 21, 2008
Threat Metric
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 |
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Infected PCs: | 101 |
First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
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Last Seen: | January 23, 2022 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
MS 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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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.exeSize: 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].exeSize: 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.exeSize: 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.exeSize: 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.exeSize: 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.exeSize: 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.exeSize: 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.exeSize: 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].exeSize: 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.exeSize: 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.cplSize: 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.exeSize: 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.exeSize: 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.exeSize: 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.exeSize: 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.exeSize: 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.exeSize: 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.exeSize: 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.exeSize: 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.exeSize: 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.exeSize: 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.exeSize: 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.exeSize: 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.exeSize: 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.exeSize: 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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Great stuff. Removed MS Antivirus + some other bad programs. Thanks a lot.
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
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! This is the only thing that helped and SpyHunter3 was the only program that found eveything!!!
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
Does anyone know where this company promoting this malware is located? I would like to contact them.