Threat Database Rogue Websites Free-webscaners.com

Free-webscaners.com

By ESGI Advisor in Rogue Websites

Free-webscaners.com is a browser hijacker promoting the rogue anti-spyware application known as Antivirus XP Pro. It achieves this goal by infiltrating your computer with trojan viruses, which modify your browser settings in order to redirect web-surfing activities to the free-webscaners.com domain. Here your computer is subject to aggressive advertising and fake online scans, all of which report fictitious infection results hoping to scare you into purchasing and installing Antivirus XP Pro.

File System Details

Free-webscaners.com may create the following file(s):
# File Name Detections
1. %Program Files%\AntivirusXP\AntivirusXP.exe
2. %Program Files%\AntivirusXP\Suspicious
3. %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\AntivirusXP\AntivirusXP.lnk
4. %Program Files%\AntivirusXP\Infected
5. %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\AntivirusXP
6. %Program Files%\AntivirusXP
7. %UserProfile%\Desktop\AntivirusXP.lnk
8. %UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\AntivirusXP.lnk

Registry Details

Free-webscaners.com may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "AntivirusXP.exe"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AntivirusXP

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