Microsoftblacklists.com
Microsoftblacklists.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 victim's page requests were cancelled because their systems are infected with Trojans and viruses. Users 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 Microsoftblacklists.com.
File System Details
Microsoftblacklists.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. | %Program Files%\AV\Antivirus8.exe | |
| 2. | %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Desktop\Antivirus8.lnk | |
| 3. | %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\AV\Uninstall.lnk | |
| 4. | %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\AV\Antivirus8.lnk | |
| 5. | %Program Files%\AV |
Registry Details
Microsoftblacklists.com may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Antivirus8
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Antivirus8"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Antivirus8
