Christian Mairoll 237 Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 The Emsi Software malware research team has discoverd a new outbreak of the Digital Protection adware. Emsisoft Anti-Malware detects this malware as Adware.Win32.DigitalProtection. Digital Protection is a rogue security program. This is a new variant from Your Protection, User Protection, Dr. Guard , PaladinAntivirus. This rogue application tries to trick you by displaying false positive/misleading scan results report, which says that your computer is infected with viruses or trojan, but you will not be able to delete them before you purchase. Create new files: %ProgramFiles%Digital Protectiondighook.dll %ProgramFiles%Digital Protectiondigprot.exe %ProgramFiles%Digital Protectionhelp.ico %ProgramFiles%Digital Protectionscan.ico %ProgramFiles%Digital Protectionsettings.ico %ProgramFiles%Digital Protectionsplash.mp3 %ProgramFiles%Digital ProtectionUninstall.exe %ProgramFiles%Digital Protectionupdate.ico %ProgramFiles%Digital Protectionvirus.mp3 %ProgramFiles%Digital Protectionabout.ico %ProgramFiles%Digital Protectionactivate.ico %ProgramFiles%Digital Protectionbuy.ico %ProgramFiles%Digital Protectiondig.db %ProgramFiles%Digital Protectiondigext.dll %UserProfile%Application DataMicrosoftInternet ExplorerQuick LaunchDigital Protection.lnk %UserProfile%DesktopDigital Protection Support.lnk %UserProfile%DesktopDigital Protection.lnk %UserProfile%Start MenuProgramsDigital ProtectionDigital Protection.lnk %UserProfile%Start MenuProgramsDigital ProtectionDigital Protection Support.lnk %UserProfile%Start MenuProgramsDigital ProtectionScan.lnk %UserProfile%Start MenuProgramsDigital ProtectionSettings.lnk %UserProfile%Start MenuProgramsDigital ProtectionUpdate.lnk %UserProfile%Start MenuProgramsDigital ProtectionAbout.lnk %UserProfile%Start MenuProgramsDigital ProtectionActivate.lnk %UserProfile%Start MenuProgramsDigital ProtectionBuy.lnk Create new registry entries: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwareDigital Protection HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaremicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstallDigital Protection HKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun, “Digital Protection” Screenshots: How to remove the infection of Digital Protection (Adware.Win32.DigitalProtection)? To delete this malware infection, please download and install Emsisoft Anti-Malware. Run a full scan on all drives and move all detected items to the quarantine. View the full article Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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