6malwarescan.com Description

6malwarescan.com is a dangerous and malicious web site used as an outlet to promote the rogue anti-spyware application Personal Antivirus. 6malwarescan.com uses fabricated system scans and bogus warning messages to further entice computer users to purchase Personal Antivirus. 6malwarescan.com has been known to redirect computers to other malicious sites to download malware.

Type: Browser Hijackers

How Can You Detect 6malwarescan.com?

6malwarescan.com has typically the following processes in memory:

• %Program Files%\Personal Antivirus\PerAvir.exe
• %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\services.exe
• %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iv.exe
• %UserProfile%\Application Data\Personal Antivirus\unins000.exe
• %UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\winlogon.exe

6malwarescan.com creates the following registry entries:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ITGrdEngine
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_ITGRDENGINE
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Personal Antivirus”
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Personal Antivirus_is1
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer “PrS”

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