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SpyEraser

Posted: January 4, 2010

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 10/10
Infected PCs: 42
First Seen: January 8, 2010
Last Seen: April 1, 2020
OS(es) Affected: Windows

ScreenshotSpyEraser is a dubious anti-spyware program which attempts to knock people over. SpyEraser spreads by using backdoor functionalities which is mostly done with the help of Trojan viruses. SpyEraser, the rogue application, runs from the System32 directory which other rogues have known to run from the Program Files folder. The Rogue program SpyEraser is not related to the application called SpyEraser from Uniblue Systems.

The invasion of SpyEraser into any computer system can result in undesired consequences like registry changes, file system control and potential PC slowdown. SpyEraser brings out a number of pop-up boxes and runs its scanners after each start-up. SpyEraser makes a user think his/her PC is at risk. SpyEraser claims to find malicious items on a user's machine and then asks for a payment to remove the malware. However, SpyEraser does not and is not able to detect any viruses because it doesn't have any functioning AV database at its disposal.

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Aliases

PAK_Generic.002 [TrendMicro]Sus/UnkPacker [Sophos]Heuristic.LooksLike.Win32.SuspiciousPE.H [McAfee-GW-Edition]Artemis!128888CD4CC7 [McAfee+Artemis]Win32.SuspectCrc [Ikarus]PossibleThreat [Fortinet]Suspicious:W32/Riskware!Online [F-Secure]Heur.Pck.FSG [Comodo]Suspicion: unknown virus [AVG]W32/Heuristic-210!Eldorado [Authentium]Win32.SuspectCrc!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:



SpyEraser.exe File name: SpyEraser.exe
Size: 3.67 MB (3679744 bytes)
MD5: e9e9e8ca2d973e639bf13d513e59d491
Detection count: 38
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 29, 2010
msctrl32.exe File name: msctrl32.exe
Size: 3.31 MB (3317345 bytes)
MD5: 128888cd4cc7c701b8c56e2e018242be
Detection count: 24
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 8, 2010
SpyEraser_Install[1].exe File name: SpyEraser_Install[1].exe
Size: 7.43 MB (7431094 bytes)
MD5: e8e880c6dc85dfa167424a52283ca85f
Detection count: 7
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 1, 2020

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\SpyEraser%ProgramFiles%\SpyEraser
The following URL's were detected:
spyeraser-security.comspyeraser-trial.com
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