Barracuda-antivirus.com
Barracuda-antivirus.com is a browser hijacker promoting the rogue anti-spyware application known as Barracuda Antivirus. Due to affiliated trojans infiltrating the computer via security exploits and modifying the browser settings, web-surfing activities are redirected to the Barracuda-antivirus.com domain. Once here, the computer is subject to a fake online scan that displays fictitious and sometimes grossly exaggerated infection results, all in order to intimidate the user into purchasing the fake spyware remover Barracuda Antivirus.
File System Details
Barracuda-antivirus.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. | %ProgramFiles%\Barracuda Antivirus\uninstall.exe | |
| 2. | %ProgramFiles%\Barracuda Antivirus\Antivirussystempro.exe | |
| 3. | %ProgramFiles%\Barracuda Antivirus\quarantine.vdb | |
| 4. | %ProgramFiles%\Barracuda Antivirus\mbase.vdb | |
| 5. | %ProgramFiles%\Barracuda Antivirus\conf.cfg | |
| 6. | %ProgramFiles%\Barracuda Antivirus\queue.vdb |
Registry Details
Barracuda-antivirus.com may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Barracuda Antivirus"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Barracuda Antivirus
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Barracuda Antivirus
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad "ieModule"
