Malware Analysis:
A rapidly increasing number of Internet users have been experiencing browsing problems lately due to Us-srch-system.com rerouting activity. Perhaps many of you have heard of the infamous Google Redirect Virus? Well, this is the case. Normally, you don’t go to Us-srch-system.com to find some information. You go there because someone wants to attract hits to this URL, no matter what it takes. Now, let us have an insight into this matter and try to figure out how this works. On the initial stage of this scheme implementation, a trojan virus somehow manages to break the ice of your cyber protection. Of course, this process flows on the background so that you don’t take the measures to stop this disaster too early for it to develop into a severe problem. If the attack goes successful and the virus gets in like it was trained to, it will do a couple of things that will turn your web surfing upside down. The modified browser settings, IP address manipulations and HOSTS file changes will lead to the ‘desired’ outcome.
Malware Analysis:
Shoprdig.com is a browser hijacker that keeps you from going online. Actually, you will still have an active Internet connection but the list of sites you can visit will be radically restricted to Shoprdig.com and no other domains. You should be aware this whole mess is caused by AntiVira Av – a fake virus remover released about a week ago. As a matter of fact, these two accomplices always go side by side and never do without each other. As a site, Shoprdig.com provides a bulk of information about the affiliated software – it’s too bad the described program is counterfeit. Consequently, you cannot believe a single word provided on Shoprdig.com no matter how sweet it all may appear. The main problem though is not the information. It’s the fact you will have to visit Shoprdig.com just because of the distortion of some internal processes of your system, the reason being ‘its majesty’ AntiVira Av badware.
Malware Analysis:
Although Twofsoft.net seems to advertise software, it radically differs from all sites of that kind. Guess how. Twofsoft.net actually urges people to pay for a fake security client called AntiVira Av . One huge problem occurring when you run into Twofsoft.net hijacker is you get constantly rerouted to that URL despite absolutely no intension of that kind on your end. It is a phenomenon that consists in trojan-powered modification of certain system settings and parameters that have to do with one’s browsing. You might be wondering why hackers want you to go to Twofsoft.net. If you just have a look at the structure of this website, you will surely figure out the answer. AntiVira Av is being sold there – in three possible versions. It goes without saying you must not purchase the dangerous product pushed on Twofsoft.net. First of all, it will fail to do what it claims, i.e. it will never help you defend your PC from various viruses or whatever.
Malware Analysis:
Softwarear.com enables such dangerous and tricky applications as Antivirus Scan to sell their licenses sold in a dishonest way. The URL in question stands for a browser hijacker that repeatedly diverts one’s online sessions to a page that urges him/her into buying the bad software behind it. Softwarear.com and Antivirus Scan are two integral parts of one big scam. If it weren’t for the hijacker, the related rogue antivirus would never perform its basic mission – earn its creators some money. The scheme according to which this virus works is pretty old and well known to all spyware watchers. First, Antivirus Scan rogue uses trojans to unnoticeably enter your computer system. Next, the nefarious program changes the Program File, Windows Registry and the Internet settings (along with the browser configuration). All of these operations will eventually flow into something malicious and absolutely tangible, in the cyber aspect.
Malware Analysis:
Colemes.net is one of those domains you don’t want to go to. The problem is it’s not always that you can influence whether you visit it or not. The trick about this domain is hitting it is usually an outcome of a serious malware-generated Internet usage malfunction. Colemes.net is a hijacker of Antivirus Scan and it acts accordingly. The site will be redirected to multiple times if the above rogue anti-spyware product enters your machine. It should be admitted that Colemes.net looks pretty appealing and seems to provide some helpful information on cyber security. However, the sole fact it promotes Antivirus Scan rogue annihilates the good looks of Colemes.net. This is all just a lure for you to trust the affiliated scareware program and purchase it eventually. The technical essence of Colemes.net hijacker is simple. Its URL value gets inserted into the browser settings and Internet connection parameters so that your web sessions get rerouted to Colemes.net repeatedly.
Malware Analysis:
Avtain.com is a hijacker site that performs one of the functions constituting the scareware practices of Antivirus Action which was identified as rogue anti-spyware back in October this year. Typically, people run into Avtain.com problem as a browser redirect issue that makes a mess out of their Internet surfing. This is precisely why Avtain.com is considered a hijacker. It won’t allow you to use the scope of web browsing services because each time you type a URL and try to get it returned you will instead go to a scam page – either a fake warning script or Antivirus Action payment page. It’s pretty clear that the scareware needs Avtain.com and suchlike domains in order to make sure its license version is advertised with maximum reliability. But of course there aren’t many people out there who enjoy this kind of aggressive advertising. Our only tip is with regard to Avtain.com problem is to eliminate it immediately. You see, assuming this fraudulent domain gets blocked sometime soon due to violation of some basic Internet guidelines – you will still not have the issue go away.
Malware Analysis:
A few days after the rotation of Antivirus Action’s previous hijacker Siegare.com started, here goes a new one hosted at Ipdack.com. This is not just a regular URL, perhaps only to some extent. The most troubling thing about Ipdack.com is it serves the scareware campaign of the malicious program we mentioned at the beginning of this entry, i.e. Antivirus Action. This software is distributed via blackhat SEO and various backdoor methods with one major objective – to spoof users out of dough. Antivirus Action reports non-existent threats on one’s computer and then recommends the victim remove them all with its licensed copy. Ipdack.com plays one of the basic parts in this disgusting performance. It hijacks the browser on the compromised computer and diverts it repeatedly to a web page selling Antivirus Action. You don’t normally get redirected to Ipdack.com unless Antivirus Action has injected your PC previously. The malcode causes the proxy settings to be changed and sometimes may even add a new value to the HOSTS file. This means you will not be able to use your browser in a routine way. Once you type in a URL to visit and hit Enter, you will instead go to the bad script that hackers want you to encounter.
Malware Analysis:
Siegare.com is one of the multiple domains that have been found to be involved with rogueware distribution activity. There is a malicious program behind this hijacker – it’s Antivirus Action. This application is one of today’s most hazardous solutions that pretend to be actual AV but aren’t such for real. If your computer is infected with Antivirus Action, you are not likely to be able to influence whether you visit Siegare.com or not. You see, this takes place forcibly, i.e. through a complex procedure affecting the whole Operating System. Your browser configuration will be affected in the first place. So every one of your attempts to visit a site (any site) will end with your being diverted to some strange-looking warning page that notifies you that visiting the targeted site may harm your computer. This is a fake alert that must not be taken into consideration. But unfortunately, many users tend to fall for this and get scared. They may push a link suggesting a fix, and that button will eventually lead to Siegare.com/shop page. This one sells Antivirus Action, i.e. recommends you purchase a license for the product, promising that it’s going to be a remedy for different computer security problems you got.
Malware Analysis:
Lamebabe.com is a bad online hub that hosts badware. The function of the site we mentioned is to provide the scareware called Antivirus Action with payment opportunities. If the statement above is not quite clear, allow us to explain this in more detail. Lamebabe.com is a component of malware deployment endeavors. It serves as a web platform for Antivirus Action rogue anti-spyware to get its licenses sold to credulous computer users. People mostly visit Lamebabe.com because of the annoying browser redirects taking place on the infected system. The whole thing starts with Antivirus Action scamware installing itself on to the targeted computer without user approval. After the malicious program gets inside, it displays many popup ads that report unsafe activity on your PC and recommend upgrading to Antivirus Action full version to cope with those corrupt apps. Clicking these fake ads is the moment you get rerouted to Lamebabe.com. The site contains counterfeit user testimonials, misleading overview of Antivirus Action and the payment section where the victim is expected to enter the credit card details and eventually pay for registering the fraud software, thinking that it’s perfectly Ok to have it on the PC. However, all Antivirus Action will do is some brainwashing and more of the false positives about the detection of imaginary malware.
Malware Analysis:
Homecomputertools.net (or Homecomputertools.com) is a web location of the paid version of Antivirus Action rogue security software. It is neither a trustworthy nor a secure site – especially if one takes into consideration the actual mission that it pursues. Homecomputertools.net jacks up the web browser on your computer and persistently diverts your Internet sessions to some payment page that may annoy you into buying the program you surely do not need. The whole trickery of this hijacker is explained by the specificity of the utility it promotes. Antivirus Action is entirely meant for money earning purposes, so it does not do without domains that advise people register the scam app. The underlying technical essence of Homecomputertools.net hijacker lies in the distorted system configuration that gets implemented by Antivirus Action malware. The rogue can substitute some HOSTS file values with some pre-defined URL or turn the Proxy settings upside down. In any case, Homecomputertools.net is not your ally PC defense. This is why you are recommended to stay away from the site and never buy the product it offers.