Crehtynet.com

By JubileeX in Browser Hijackers

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Crehtynet.com is a malicious website that is characterized by its association with the Click System scam. This scam takes the form of a malicious browser toolbar that is actually a browser hijacker. Once installed, Click System will force its victim to visit a group of malicious websites designed to display advertisements and promote unsafe content and known online scams. ESG security researchers consider that Crehtynet.com poses a threat to your computer system's security. While the Crehtynet.com in itself is not particularly harmful, the malware associated with Crehtynet.com can take over your computer system. By forcing you to visit Crehtynet.com repeatedly, criminals can profit from advertising revenue and pay-per-click schemes without having to provide legitimate, interesting content in order to attract readers. Do not let criminals profit from infecting your computer with malware! Protect your PC with a real anti-malware application to prevent all malware associated with Crehtynet.com and the Click System scam.

Understanding How Criminals Profit from the Crehtynet.com Scam

Most websites make their revenue from the same source: web traffic. The number of visitors and repeated visitors that a website receives translates directly into revenue. This revenue can come from a variety of sources, the most of common of these being advertising revenue, affiliate marketing and pay-per-click plans. Increased web traffic also translates into more people buying a website's product or paying for a particular company's services. Now, attracting readers and visitors is not an easy task. Most websites need to create interesting or useful content or provide a service that enough people want in order to maintain a steady stream of visitors. However, the criminals behind Crehtynet.com bypass these considerations. Instead, they force computer users to visit Crehtynet.com repeatedly through the use of browser hijackers and fake browser toolbars like Click System. In short, the people visiting Crehtynet.com actually have no choice in the matter. Browser hijackers associated with Crehtynet.com may force their victims to visit Crehtynet.com in a variety of ways:

  • Computer users may be forced to visit Crehtynet.com after carrying out any task on their Internet browser, such as entering a URL or clicking on one of the navigation bar buttons.
  • Browser hijackers associated with Crehtynet.com may also redirect traffic after carrying out a legitimate online search on a legitimate search engine.
  • It is also common for malware associated with Crehtynet.com to change your home page into Crehtynet.com or add Crehtynet.com to your bookmarks and favorite websites without your authorization.

File System Details

Crehtynet.com may create the following file(s):
# File Name Detections
1. %WINDOWS%\System32\consrv.dll
2. %WINDOWS%\System32\Drivers\mrxsmb.sys

Registry Details

Crehtynet.com may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
SubSystems: Windows = basesrv,1 winsrv:UserServerDllInitialization,3 consrv:ConServerDllInitialization,2 sxssrv,4

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