Antivirus 360 Description

Antivirus 360 or Antivirus360, is a rogue anti-spyware program known to use the same plugin exploit techniques as Antivirus 2009 (AV 2009). Antivirus 360 may be installed in the user’s computer system through Trojans popularly transmitted in email attachments, shareware/crack websites, video codecs. Once the Trojan is installed, the user may receive an alert prompting to install Antivirus 360. Antivirus 360 may urge users to run a free system scan from Antivirus-Pro-Scanner.com and then offer them to purchase Antivirus 360’s full version to remove spyware infections. Once the user is redirected to Antivirus-Pro-Scanner.com he/she may be in danger of being infected by other threats.

Antivirus 360 may also contact multiple websites to pull down a number of malware files. It is recommended to update any third party plugins (like QuickTime Player or Adobe Plugins) to avoid being tricked into downloading Antivirus 360. Antivirus 360 may cause system damages, collapses, and steal user’s private information.

Type: Rogue AntiSpyware Programs

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Antivirus 360 Technical Report

As new Antivirus 360 details are reported by our customers and findings from our Threat Research Center, we will update this section.

The following Antivirus 360 files with its MD5s were created in the system:

Antivirus 360 has typically the following processes in memory:

• %USERPROFILE%\desktop\av_360.exe
• %PROGRAMFILES%\360\antivirus.exe
• av_360.exe
• %PROGRAMFILES%\A360\av360.exe
• av_360[1].exe
• av360.exe

Antivirus 360 created the following directories, files, paths:

• %ProgramFiles%\A360
• %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Antivirus 360

Antivirus 360 creates the following registry entries:

• Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start Menu2\Programs\Antivirus 360
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “13376694984709702142491016734454
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\13376694984709702142491016734454
• Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start Menu2\Programs\A360

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