Antisywire.com
Antisywire.com is a criminal domain which promotes Antivirus Action- a fake security application. Antivirus Action will place Antisywire.com into a victim's hosts file which will cause constant redirection to the malicious website. Fake security alerts and pop-ups will also be displayed and once a victim clicks on any of them he/she will be redirected to Antisywire.com. Users should avoid visiting or clicking on anything on Antisywire.com.
File System Details
Antisywire.com may create the following file(s):
| # | File Name |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
|
|---|---|---|
| 1. | %Temp%\[random]\[random]agnz.exe | |
| 2. | %Temp%\[random]\ |
Registry Details
Antisywire.com may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings "ProxyOverride" = ""
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "[random]agnz.exe"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PhishingFilter "Enabled" = "0"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings "ProxyEnable" = "1"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\[random]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings "ProxyServer" = "http=127.0.0.1:33921"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "[random]agnz.exe"
