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My Security Engine

Posted: April 23, 2010

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 10/10
Infected PCs: 63
First Seen: April 26, 2010
Last Seen: October 27, 2022
OS(es) Affected: Windows

ScreenshotMy Security Engine (MySecurityEngine) is a rogue anti-spyware program that displays fake security notifications in order to trick you into purchasing their full version. MySecurityEngine may change your desktop settings to issue fake warning messages, and hijack the web browser to redirect you to unwanted websites. My Security Engine installs malicious files and automatically downloads itself onto your computer, which makes MySecurityEngine difficult to remove.

My Security Engine belongs to the FakeVimes family, which includes members such as Privacy Guard Pro, PrivacyGuard Pro 2.0, Extra Antivirus, Fast Antivirus 2009, Presto TuneUp, Windows Security Suite, Smart Virus Eliminator, Packed.Generic.245, Volcano Security Suite, Windows Enterprise Suite, Enterprise Suite, Additional Guard, Live PC Care, PC Live Guard, Live Enterprise Suite, Security Antivirus, My Security Wall, CleanUp Antivirus and Smart Security.

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Aliases

Trojan.Win32.Generic.pak!cobra [Sunbelt]Mal/Basine-C [Sophos]Trojan.Win32.Bredolab [Ikarus]Trojan.Win32.Bredolab!IK [a-squared]

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:



MSdccb.exe File name: MSdccb.exe
Size: 3.26 MB (3261440 bytes)
MD5: 67a790897462d3b238db34d53420f13a
Detection count: 47
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 26, 2010
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\2f574dd\MySecurityEngine.exe File name: MySecurityEngine.exe
Size: 761.85 KB (761856 bytes)
MD5: 3f6d758f72b86e5ac076620f4d9d38b4
Detection count: 28
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\2f574dd
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 31, 2011

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

File name without pathMy Security Engine.lnk

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%AppData%\My Security Engine
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