Christian Mairoll 228 Report post Posted December 8, 2009 The Emsi Software malware research team has discoverd a new outbreak of the AntiTroy adware. a-squared Anti-Malware detects this malware as Adware.Win32.AntiTroy. AntiTroy, come from antitroy.com, is a rogue scanner program, it shows a fake security center window, shows misleading scan results and fake security alerts. The author of AntiTroy also made AntiKeep, AntiAdd, RESpyWare, REAnti, KeepCop, SecureKeeper, LinkSafeness, AntiAid, SystemFighter, SystemVeteran, BlockProtector, BlockKeeper, BlockScanner, BlockWatcher, SoftStronghold, ShieldSafeness, SoftVeteran, SoftSoldier, SoftCop, TrustFighter, TrustSoldier, SafeFighter, SecureVeteran, SafeFighter, etc. To further convince victims, AntiTroy will also create numerous junk files with random names on your computer that will be detected as malware when the program scans your computer, but will not allow you to remove them until you purchase it. Create new files: %ProgramFiles%AntiTroy SoftwareAntiTroyAntiTroy.exe %ProgramFiles%AntiTroy SoftwareAntiTroymain_config.xml %ProgramFiles%AntiTroy SoftwareAntiTroyuninstall.exe %AllUsersProfile%DesktopAntiTroy.lnk %AllUsersProfile%Start MenuProgramsAntiTroy2 Homepage.lnk %AllUsersProfile%Start MenuProgramsAntiTroy3 Uninstall.lnk %AllUsersProfile%Start MenuProgramsAntiTroy1 AntiTroy.lnk %UserProfile%[email protected][1].txt %UserProfile%Local SettingsTempnsg19.tmpnsProcess.dll Create new registry entries: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE|softwareAntiTroy HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE|softwaremicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstallAntiTroy HKEY_CURRENT_USER|softwareAntiTroy HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE|softwaremicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun, “AntiTroy” HKEY_CURRENT_USER|softwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun, “AntiTroy.exe” HKEY_CURRENT_USER|softwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun, “AntiTroy” Screenshots: How to remove the infection of Adware.Win32.AntiTroy? To delete this malware infection, please download and install a-squared Anti-Malware. Run a full scan on all drives and move all detected items to the quarantine. View the full article Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
