System Check is a rogue PC defragmenter. System Check belongs to a family of rogue defragmenters known as FakeSysDef, which are typically disguised as system optimization tools or defragmenters. Clones of System Check include Data Repair, System Repair, and System Fix. While System Check claims to be able to solve problems in your hard drive, System Check is actually designed to scam inexperienced users by convincing them to purchase a license for a useless ‘full version’ of this malicious scam. According to ESG security researchers, System Check is closely linked to various Trojan infections. Because of this, failure to remove System Check and its associated malware…
Win 7 Security 2012 is one of the many different versions that exist of Ppn.exe, a malicious file. New versions of programs related to this file are released every day; all of the different versions of Win 7 Security 2012 are the same program, with a different name and theme. Since the rogue programs have different skins according to the user’s operating system, Win 7 Security 2012 can be hard to track by security experts. This defining characteristic has caught the attention of computer security specialists around the world.
Don’t Fall for the Win 7 Security 2012 Scam
Win 7 Security 2012 is a scam. This rogue security program is designed to prey on inexperienced users by making them think that their computer is under attack. It is, but from Win 7 Security 2012. Despite Win 7 Security 2012’s authentic sounding name, this program is really a malicious security application…
Win 7 Antivirus 2012 is a dangerous application that affects users with the Windows 7 operating system. To be more accurate, Win 7 Antivirus 2012 is one of numerous possible names and skins for the Ppn.exe file process, which can affect most Windows systems. However, this process is known for changing its name and downloading skins specific to the user’s operating system, with the Win 7 Antivirus 2012 rogue security application being one of those, corresponding to Windows 7.
Win 7 Antivirus 2012 Clones and Copies
There are dozens of known clones and copies of this rogue anti-virus application, with new ones being released every day. However, most of these fake security tools correspond to the same underlying process, Ppn.exe. There are other similar files, usually with names that are three seemingly random letters long. Ppn.exe and similar processes download…
Vista Antivirus 2012 is a rogue anti-virus program that mainly attacks computers with the Windows Vista operating system. Vista Antivirus 2012 is one of the disguises of Ppn.exe, a harmful executable file. Ppn.exe has a feature that makes it unique; it can disguise itself to match the infected computer. If the computer being attacked has the Windows XP operating system, this program may take a name with some variation of Windows XP in the title. Its layout and skins will also match the style of Windows XP system applications. Vista Antivirus 2012 is a disguise Ppn.exe wears when it infects computers running Windows Vista. Vista Antivirus 2012 and other versions of Ppn.exe first started appearing toward the end of 2010. It is thought that this group of rogue security programs comes from the Russian Federation.
Alternate Versions of Vista Antivirus 2012
Ppn.exe has a very…
Citadel Trojan is a derivative of ZeuS Trojan. Citadel Trojan is a hazardous Trojan which steals banking credentials from infected computer users. Citadel Trojan is distributed via numerous hacker forums designed for members only as a SaaS (software-as-a-service) malware infection. Citadel Trojan satisfies customers annoyed with makers of damaging applications who make the resolution that they’d write their next code that’ll bring them greater enthusiasm and profit instead of taking care of existing customers. It has been reported that a particularly aggravating problem involves end-users who’ve faced developers that don’t pay attention to their IM e-mails because the number of clients are many while the number of developer is only one. The authors of Citadel Trojan declare that many bug fixes are added to Citadel Trojan, such as…
JS_EXPLT.QYUA is a precarious Trojan which is used by HTML_EXPLT.QYUA to exploit a recently and publicly disclosed vulnerability, the MIDI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2012-0003). The said vulnerability is triggered when Windows Multimedia Library in Windows Media Player (WMP) fails to deal with a specially crafted MIDI file and finally enables remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. HTML_EXPLT.QYUA is a malicious HTML which has been found hosted on the web page hxxp://images.{BLOCKED}p.com/mp.html. HTML_EXPLT.QYUA exploits the vulnerability by using two components that are also hosted on the same web page. A JavaScript JS_EXPLT.QYU is one of the two detected files. The other one is a MIDI file detected as TROJ_MDIEXP.QYUA. HTML_EXPLT.QYUA calls TROJ_MDIEXP.QYUA to trigger the exploit, and uses JS_EXPLT.QYUA to decode the shellcode embedded in the body of…
TROJ_DLOAD.QYUA is a malevolent Trojan that executes the file ‘ipconfig.exe’. If TROJ_DLOAD.QYUA fails to execute ‘ipconfig.exe’, it will eliminate itself. TROJ_DLOAD.QYUA has a routine that drops malicious data to the resource section of its added files, making their sizes differ. TROJ_DLOAD.QYUA may be downloaded by other malware infections from remote web pages. TROJ_DLOAD.QYUA opens a hidden Internet Explorer window. TROJ_DLOAD.QYUA eliminates itself after execution. TROJ_DLOAD.QYUA may be downloaded by HTML_EXPLT.QYUA from remote web pages. TROJ_DLOAD.QYUA drops and runs the certain system files. HTML_EXPLT.QYUA also drops the certain mutexes to make sure that only one of its copies runs at any one time. HTML_EXPLT.QYUA checks if SpStart.exe, IRPro.exe and Remon.exe processes are running. The DLL component file is able to access http://file.{BLOCKED}egirl.com for downloading its…
TROJ_MDIEXP.QYUA is a harmful Trojan infection which is run when a computer user enters certain web pages where it is hosted. TROJ_MDIEXP.QYUA may be downloaded from the remote web page http://{BLOCKED}s.{BLOCKED}op.com/baby.nid. TROJ_MDIEXP.QYUA is a part of HTML_EXPLT.QYUA. TROJ_MDIEXP.QYUA is a specially crafted MIDI file that helps to exploit the CVE-2012-0003 vulnerability. Therefore, the malicious payload of HTML_EXPLT.QYUA is exposed on the corrupted PC system. HTML_EXPLT.QYUA calls TROJ_MDIEXP.QYUA to trigger the exploit, and uses JS_EXPLT.QYUA to decode the shellcode embedded in a body of HTML_EXPLT.QYUA. Once the vulnerability is successfully exploited, TROJ_MDIEXP.QYUA decodes and runs the decoded shellcode. This shellcode then connects to a domain to download an encrypted binary which is then decrypted and run as TROJ_DLOAD.QYUA. A payload of TROJ_MDIEXP.QYUA involves…
HTML_EXPLT.QYUA is a dangerous infection vector and Trojan infection that exploits a recently and publicly disclosed vulnerability, the MIDI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2012-0003). A particular vulnerability is triggered when Windows Multimedia Library in Windows Media Player (WMP) fails to deal with a specially crafted MIDI file and finally enables remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. HTML_EXPLT.QYUA is a malicious HTML which has been found on the web page hxxp://images.{BLOCKED}p.com/mp.html. HTML_EXPLT.QYUA exploits the vulnerability by using two components that are also hosted on the same web page. A MIDI file is found as TROJ_MDIEXP.QYUA. HTML_EXPLT.QYUA is downloaded and run when a computer user enters certain websites where it is hosted. HTML_EXPLT.QYUA runs the downloaded files. As a result, malicious routines of the downloaded files are exposed on the…
Abnow.com is a tricky web page and search system that is part of a fairly common online badware campaign. Abnow.com provides numerous related searches that involve Workout, Ab Exercise, Ab Fitness, Fitness and Nutrition. Abnow.com is connected to browser hijackers and other malware threats such as Trojans and rootkits that may include ZeroAccess rootkit, Google Results Hijacker and Google Redirect Hijacker. Abnow.com has no capability of providing reliable and safe online search results. If your web browser has been compromised by any browser hijackers, rootkits or Trojans, your search result links on any search engine including Google, Yahoo, Bing and others will be rerouted…
RiskTool.Win32.BitCoinMiner is a critical tool or potentially unwanted software program that may use your computer’s resources to set up bitcoin blocks and forward them to a remote server. RiskTool.Win32.BitCoinMiner propagates through drive-by download, removable drives, social networks and instant messengers. RiskTool.Win32.BitCoinMiner can also come bundled with other damaging applications. The bit coin mining module can be also downloaded by the NgrBot. This bot identifies GeoIp details, downloads other modules from the Internet and kills all previous bitcoin mining processes. It also holds spyware modules. Symptoms of RiskTool.Win32.BitCoinMiner involve high CPU usage and suspicious network activity. RiskTool.Win32.BitCoinMiner uses the computer’s CPU resources very intensively by accomplishing very complex counting that is a very time consuming process….
Trojan:BAT/Delosc.A is a malicious Trojan that spreads via infected files downloaded and installed from a hijacked Romanian website named asistentasociala.info. The term ‘asistenta sociala’ translated to English means ’social welfare’, and is very popular. It has been reported that by doing a web search for the term ‘asistenta sociala’ on various search systems, it was found that the website is ranked within the first two pages of the results. The website involves a variety of official documents and examples on how they should be filled out. The website seems to have been hijacked, because the original documents have been replaced with malicious executable files detected as Trojan:BAT/Delosc.A. Trojan:BAT/Delosc.A replaces the original documents with malicious executable files. The malicious files have the same icon as the original documents, so that when they are saved to your PC…
