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notfound404.com

Posted: February 21, 2008

Notfound404.com is a vile browser hijacker. Notfound404.com is often brought into your system by a Trojan, exploiting browser security vulnerabilities and using it as clear entry point. As soon as notfound404.com is executed, it will change your homepage to www.notfound404.com and may also redirect it to other dangerous websites. Notfound404.com will also display fake notifications at every Windows boot in order to scare you into purchasing a certain rogue anti-spyware the parasite promotes. Notfound404.com has also the ability to log your browsing habits and leak this data to a remote hacker. In addition, notfound404.com will use your computer’s processing power to waste, and can be extremely difficult to remove from your system.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 notfound404.com
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