Av-armor.com
Av-armor.com is a browser hijacker related to the Antivirus Suite cyberscam. A targeted systems will continuously be redirected to Av-armor.com, which appears to be a system scan webpage. Av-armor.com runs the scan and shows the user bogus results claiming the system is infected with all sorts of malware. Av-armor.com then produces popup warnings which claim only Antivirus Suite can remove the alleged threats.
File System Details
Av-armor.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. | %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Local Settings\Application Data\[random string]\[random string]tssd.exe | |
| 2. | %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Local Settings\Application Data\[random string]\[random string]ftav.exe | |
| 3. | %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Local Settings\Application Data\[random string]\[random string]sysguard.exe |
Registry Details
Av-armor.com may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings "ProxyOverride" = ""
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments "SaveZoneInformation" = "1"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\"[random string].exe"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download "RunInvalidSignatures" = "1"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations "LowRiskFileTypes" = ".exe"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings "ProxyEnable" = "1"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\avsuite
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings "ProxyServer" = "http=127.0.0.1:5555"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download "CheckExeSignatures" = "no"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\"[random string].exe"
