Christian Mairoll 236 Report post Posted August 29, 2011 The Emsisoft malware research team has discovered a new outbreak of the PC Repair adware. Emsisoft Anti-Malware detects this malware as Adware.Win32.PCRepair. PC Repair is a rogue application, another variant of HDD Repair and System Repair. A rogue application tries to trick you by displaying false positive or misleading scan results report, which says that your computer has a problem, or infected with viruses or trojan, but you will not be able to fix it before you purchase. Create new files: %AllUsersProfiles%Application Data~%random%r %AllUsersProfiles%Application Data%random%.exe %AllUsersProfiles%Application Data%random% %AllUsersProfiles%Application Data~%random% %UserProfile%Application DataMicrosoftInternet ExplorerQuick LaunchPC Repair.lnk %UserProfile%DesktopPC Repair.lnk %UserProfile%Local SettingsTempsmtmp %UserProfile%Local SettingsTempsmtmp4 %UserProfile%Local SettingsTempsmtmp1 %UserProfile%Local SettingsTempsmtmp2 %UserProfile%Start MenuProgramsPC Repair %UserProfile%Start MenuProgramsPC RepairPC Repair.lnk %UserProfile%Start MenuProgramsPC RepairUninstall PC Repair.lnk Create/modify registry entries: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionpoliciessystemDisableTaskMgr: 0×00000001HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftware75fa38b7-8b94-4995-ad32-52e938867954:BD: 43 00 3A 00 5C 00 44 00 6F 00 63 00 75 00 6D 00 65 00 6E 00 74 00 73 00 20 00 61 00…HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMainUse FormSuggest: “Yes”HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet SettingsWarnonBadCertRecving: 0×00000000CertificateRevocation: 0×00000000HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesActiveDesktopNoChangingWallPaper: 0×00000001HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesAssociationsLowRiskFileTypes: “/{hq:/s`s:/ogn:/uyu:/dyd:/c`u:/bnl:/ble:/sdf:/lrh:/iul:/iulm:/fhg:/clq:/kqf:/`wh:/lqf:/lqdf:/lnw:/lq2:/l2t:/v`w:/rbs:”HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesAttachmentsSaveZoneInformation: 0×00000001HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun%random%: “%AllUsersProfile%Application Data%random%.exe”HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerDownloadCheckExeSignatures: “no”HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvancedHidden: 0×00000000HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvancedShowSuperHidden: 0×00000000Screenshots: How to remove the infection of PC Repair (Adware.Win32.PCRepair)? 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. Related Posts: HDD Repair Adware Removal Instructions System Repair Adware Removal Instructions Windows Repair Adware Removal Instructions Win XP Recovery Adware Removal Instructions Windows Recovery Adware Removal Instructions View the full article Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
