Malwareinfolist.com Description
Malwareinfolist.com is a harmful website that promotes and distributes the fake application called Antivirus 8. Malwareinfolist.com hijacks victims' browsers and displays a warning page with the following heading "Attention! Your web page request has been cancelled". The warning page will claim that the victims' page requests were cancelled because their systems are infected with Trojans and viruses. The victims will be further informed that "In order to activate your security software, please press Fix Now (recommended)". Once victims click on Fix Now, they are redirected to the payment page for Antivirus 8. Never purchase Antivirus 8 and do not trust anything displayed on Malwareinfolist.com.
Technical Information
File System Details
Malwareinfolist.com creates the following file(s):
| # | File Name | Detection Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | %Program Files%\AV\Antivirus8.exe | N/A + |
| 2 | %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Desktop\Antivirus8.lnk | N/A + |
| 3 | %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\AV\Uninstall.lnk | N/A + |
| 4 | %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\AV\Antivirus8.lnk | N/A + |
| 5 | %Program Files%\AV | N/A + |
Registry Details
Malwareinfolist.com creates the following registry entry or registry entries:
Registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Antivirus8
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Antivirus8"
KEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Antivirus8
Tried everything above but no luck.