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Fake Anti Spyware.AXPDefender Technical Details

Category

Fake Anti Spyware

Discovered

5/26/2008 2:06:00 PM

Modified

5/27/2008 12:09:00 PM

Threat Level

Critical

Description

A Fake Anti Spyware is software that purports to scan and detect malware or other problems on the computer, but which attempts to dupe or badger users into purchasing the program by presenting the user with intrusive, deceptive warnings and/or false, misleading scan results. They spuriously warn users that their computers have been infected with spyware, directing them to purchase programs which do not actually remove spyware or worse, may add more spyware of their own It typically uses aggressive, deceptive advertising.

Summary

AXPDefender is Rogue Security Program. AXPDefender 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.

Processes

AXPDefender.exe

Drivers

N/A

Folder Created

%PFDIR%\AXPDefender

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\axpdefender.lnk				1518
..\axpdefender.lnk				1500
..\advanced xp defender.lnk				1506
..\axpdefender\axpdefender.exe	2.1.0.1	AdvancedXP Defender.com	ff1fdbe80c51343abd566c4743e5ed0d	1523712
..\axpdefender \axpdefenderskin.dll	1.0.0.5	Pandora Software ltd	185c99a05e145b80f2305e46a4a47ac7	6479872
..\advancedxpdefender installer.exe			d8f5a4222cfb86fb065137099de54dd3	2067506

When the Fake Anti Spyware is executed, it creates the following Registry entries:

•	..\software\axpdefender
•	..\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\"axpdefender"
•	..\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\axpdefender

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