Thursday, 12 November 2009

AntiAID

Another day, another faked anti-virus program. Today it's called AntiAID and claims to detect a bunch of malware on a clean computer:

AntiAid screnshot

I've pasted a FreeFixer log below and highlighted the malware files in red:
FreeFixer v0.49 log
http://www.freefixer.com/
Operating system: Windows XP Service Pack 2
Log dated 2009-11-12 10:22


Registry Startups (3 whitelisted)
HKCU\..\Run, 8enyqcv1.exe = C:\WINDOWS\system32\8enyqcv1.exe
HKCU\..\Run, AntiAID = C:\Program Files\AntiAID Software\AntiAID\AntiAID.exe -min

Processes (20 whitelisted)
C:\Program Files\FreeFixer\freefixer.exe
C:\DOCUME~1\roger\LOCALS~1\Temp\8enyqcv1.exe
C:\Program Files\AntiAID Software\AntiAID\AntiAID.exe

Recently created/modified files (29 whitelisted)
-123 minutes, c:\Program Files\AntiAID Software\AntiAID\AntiAID.exe

End of FreeFixer log

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

SystemWarrior Malware

Ran into a new faked anti-virus program today called System Warrior. It claims to have found lots of malware on a clean system:



I've pasted the FreeFixer log from the infected system below, and marked the malware items in red. Hopefully this will help you to remove SystemWarrior:

FreeFixer v0.49 log
http://www.freefixer.com/
Operating system: Windows XP Service Pack 2
Log dated 2009-11-11 14:51


Registry Startups (3 whitelisted)
HKLM\..\Run, SystemWarrior = "C:\Program Files\SystemWarrior Software\SystemWarrior\SystemWarrior.exe" -min
HKCU\..\Run, zrn6.tmp.exe = C:\WINDOWS\system32\zrn6.tmp.exe

Processes (21 whitelisted)
C:\Program Files\FreeFixer\freefixer.exe
C:\DOCUME~1\roger\LOCALS~1\Temp\zrn6.tmp.exe
C:\Program Files\SystemWarrior Software\SystemWarrior\SystemWarrior.exe

Recently created/modified files (16 whitelisted)
0 minutes, c:\Program Files\SystemWarrior Software\SystemWarrior\Uninstall.exe
0 minutes, c:\Program Files\SystemWarrior Software\SystemWarrior\SystemWarrior.exe
0 minutes, c:\WINDOWS\system32\zrn6.tmp.exe
0 minutes, c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Local Settings\Temp\zrn6.tmp.exe
0 minutes, c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Local Settings\Temp\tbg5.tmp.exe


End of FreeFixer log

Monday, 9 November 2009

AntiMalware Rogue

Found another rogue today named "AntiMalware". It claims to have found 10 threats on a clean computer:



This rogue is located in C:\Program Files\AntiMalware\. Its executable file is named antimalware.exe.

Friday, 6 November 2009

BlockProtector

Ran into a new faked anti-virus program today. This time it's called BlockProtector and claims to have found 700+ "SPYWARE Objects":



Here's a FreeFixer log from the infected system. I've marked the malware files with red:

FreeFixer v0.49 log
http://www.freefixer.com/
Operating system: Windows XP Service Pack 2
Log dated 2009-11-06 22:55


Registry Startups (3 whitelisted)
HKLM\..\Run, BlockProtector.exe = C:\Program Files\BlockProtector Software\BlockProtector\BlockProtector.exe
HKCU\..\Run, gdm1F.tmp.exe = C:\WINDOWS\system32\gdm1F.tmp.exe

Processes (23 whitelisted)
C:\Program Files\FreeFixer\freefixer.exe
C:\DOCUME~1\roger\LOCALS~1\Temp\gdm1F.tmp.exe
C:\Program Files\BlockProtector Software\BlockProtector\BlockProtector.exe

Application modules (85 whitelisted)
C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVCR71.dll

Recently created/modified files (27 whitelisted)
2 minutes, c:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\4f16665ac0e64727d0b09512c7b6d40c\update\tzchange.dll
2 minutes, c:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\4f16665ac0e64727d0b09512c7b6d40c\tzchange.dll
2 minutes, c:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\4f16665ac0e64727d0b09512c7b6d40c\tzchange.exe

End of FreeFixer log

Tuesday, 3 November 2009

McAfee + Adobe Reader 9

Looks like Adobe and McAfee have teamed up. Adobe Reader 9 bundles a McAfee component which can display the following message:



I think that most people gets pretty annoyed by this type of bundling.

Monday, 2 November 2009

BlockScanner Rogue

Ran into a new rogue today called BlockScanner:



Here's a FreeFixer log which shows what modifications the Block Scanner software did on the infected computer:

FreeFixer v0.48 log
http://www.freefixer.com/
Operating system: Windows XP Service Pack 2
Log dated 2009-11-02 13:03


Registry Startups (3 whitelisted)
HKLM\..\Run, 0079dcbc.exe = C:\WINDOWS\system32\0079dcbc.exe
HKCU\..\Run, goz21.tmp.exe = C:\WINDOWS\system32\goz21.tmp.exe
HKCU\..\Run, BlockScanner = C:\Program Files\BlockScanner Software\BlockScanner\BlockScanner.exe -min

Processes (20 whitelisted)
C:\Program Files\FreeFixer\freefixer.exe
C:\DOCUME~1\roger\LOCALS~1\Temp\goz21.tmp.exe
C:\DOCUME~1\roger\LOCALS~1\Temp\nqn22.tmp.exe
C:\Program Files\BlockScanner Software\BlockScanner\BlockScanner.exe

Recently created/modified files (1 whitelisted)
3 minutes, c:\Program Files\BlockScanner Software\BlockScanner\uninstall.exe
3 minutes, c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Local Settings\Temp\nsu20.tmp\nsProcess.dll
3 minutes, c:\WINDOWS\system32\goz21.tmp.exe
3 minutes, c:\WINDOWS\system32\0079dcbc.exe
3 minutes, c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Local Settings\Temp\nqn22.tmp.exe
3 minutes, c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Local Settings\Temp\goz21.tmp.exe
3 minutes, c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Local Settings\Temp\rew1E.tmp.exe
..

Sunday, 1 November 2009

My Favorite Screeshots


Adobe Flash Player bundles McAfee Security Scan:



The winlogon86.exe malware displays a faked detection pop-up:



FreeFixer repairing broken Internet Access due to the winhelper86.dll malware:




Fixing the UserInit registry setting by booting directly from the Windows Vista installation DVD: