PestTrap

By GoldSparrow in Malware

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 70 % (High)
Infected Computers: 13
First Seen: July 24, 2009
Last Seen: March 16, 2021
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Pest Trap, which is a clone of SpySheriff, is a rogue anti-spyware application. Pest Trap deploys the use of fake pop-up ads and alerts to persuade the user into purchasing the full version rogue application. Pest Trap is an executable program that has the malicious ability to monitor record and transmit the user's online activity. Pest Trap is installed without the user's consent or permission. Pest Trap is a variant and similar to the rogue applications SpywareNo!, SpyDemolisher and Spyware-Stop. Pest Trap may slow the performance of the PC and even cause system crashes.

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Registry Details

PestTrap may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
File name without path
pesttrap.lnk

Directories

PestTrap may create the following directory or directories:

%ProgramFiles%\PestTrap

Cookies

The following cookies were found:

pesttrap

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