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Fake Anti Spyware.PestSweeper Technical Details
Category
Fake Anti Spyware
Discovered
6/30/2008 14:25:00 PM
Modified
6/30/2008 16:58:00 PM
Threat Level
Critical
Description
PestSweeper is a Fake Anti Spyware. PestSweeper is known to be pushed/advertised by various Trojan Horse programs. It uses aggressive and deceptive techniques to frighten the user into purchasing the program. It gives exaggerated report and claims of spyware found or false positives but will not remove spyware unless the user purchases the program.
Summary
The hosts file was updated with the following url-to-ip mappings :
127.0.0.1 localhost
The following http urls were started :
n/a
Generated smtp traffic :
n/a
There was a new connection established with a remote IRC Server :
n/a
The Following Hidden Entries Created :
n/a
The following internet connection was established:
207.68.173.76:80
211.206.123.219:80
207.46.48.112:80
Processes
pestsweeper.exe
Drivers
N/A
Folders created
%PFDIR%\PestSweeper
%COMMON_PROGRAMS%\PestSweeper
Browsed Sites
N/A
When the Fake Anti Spyware is executed, it creates the following files:
Name
Version
Publisher
Signature (MD5)
File Size (in Bytes)
..\quick launch\pestsweeper.lnk
8.0.0.4477
Microsoft Corporation
253952
..\dll\update.scr
0.2.0.0
Microsoft Corporation
9b750bdf72e6a59b97153692d93d1a6c
3200
..\pestsweeper\pestsweeper.exe
23410f644a4fe78e1eb63f807f683e97
147456
..\desktop\pestsweeper.lnk
564
..\pestsweeper setup.exe
1.0.0.0
pestsweeper.com
bdd5e9e8f6633a84add99202b71a97cf
2260102
When the Fake Anti Spyware is executed, it creates the following Registry entries:
•
..\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\"pestsweeper"
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..\software\pestsweeper
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..\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\pestsweeper_is1
Snapshot
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