AntivirusMaster Description

 

 

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AntivirusMaster, Antivirus Master or AV Master, is a rogue anti-spyware program and a clone of a AntivirusXP2008, Antivirus 2009 and Antivirus 2008. AntivirusMaster may be installed onto the user’s computer system by a Trojan Zlob. Once Zlob is installed, it will display popups and system notifications stating that the computer is infected with spyware threats, in an attempt to persuade the user into purchasing the full AntivirusMaster’s commercial version. AntivirusMaster may also use its system scanner to run a fake computer scan and list false positives as a result. AntivirusMaster’s purpose is to confuse the user with non-existent threats and that to fix the problem they need AntivirusMaster’s full program to solve their problems.

Type: Rogue AntiSpyware Programs

How Can You Detect AntivirusMaster?

AntivirusMaster Technical Report

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

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

AntivirusMaster has typically the following processes in memory:

• avm.exe
• avm.exe

AntivirusMaster creates the following registry entries:

• d1df3517-6fd8-4198-b31b-61df201e94cf

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