Spyware Quake
Spyware Quake is a trojan that displays an icon in the system tray. Spyware Quake looks like a legitimate application for removal of spyware, but it's installed by a trojan in an attempt to trick you into buying it. The trojan is able to change the Internet Explorer default home page and redirect the web browser to malicious web sites. Spyware Quake will also pop-up fake alerts that resemble system alerts in another attempt to get you to buy it.
File System Modifications
- The following files were created in the system:
# File Name 1 blacklist.txt 2 dfrgsrv.exe 3 english.ini 4 hp[X].tmp 5 ld[X].tmp 6 mssearchnet.exe 7 msvcp71.dll 8 msvcr71.dll 9 nvctrl.exe 10 ref.dat 11 spywarequake.exe 12 spywarequake.url 13 spywarequake2.0.lnk 14 spywarequake2.0website.lnk 15 spywarequakeinstaller.exe 16 sq.ini 17 stickrep.dll 18 uninst.exe 19 uninstallspywarequake2.0.lnk
Registry Modifications
- The following newly produced Registry Values are:
HKEY..\..\..\..{Subkeys}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SpywareQuake\Language:"1033"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SpywareQuake\refid:"1"KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}9283DAC1-43F5-4580-BF86-841F22AF233CurrentVersion\AppPaths\SpywareQuake.exe\:"%programfiles%\SpywareQuake\SpywareQuake.exe"CurrentVersion\Run\SpywareQuake:"%programfiles%\SpywareQuake\SpywareQuake.exe/h"CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SpywareQuake\DisplayIcon:"%programfiles%\SpywareQuake\SpywareQuake.exe"CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SpywareQuake\DisplayName:"SpywareQuake2.0"CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SpywareQuake\DisplayVersion:"2.0"CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SpywareQuake\NSIS:StartMenuDir:"SpywareQuake"CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SpywareQuake\Publisher:"SpywareQuake.com"CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SpywareQuake\URLInfoAbout:"http://www.spywarequake.com"CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SpywareQuake\UninstallString:"%programfiles%\SpywareQuake\uninst.exe"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\..{RunKeys}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SpywareQuakeHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}SpywareQuakeHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\ - The following CLSID's were detected:
HKEY..\..\{CLSID Path}FC4EDF66-0547-4F1A-AE96-7CFCAD711C90F459EADB-5903-48D5-864C-2B7B46AB1424E3DF91F3-F24F-441E-9001-D61F36024322DD90F677-D205-4F70-9014-659614AABCB2C4EEDC19-992D-409A-B323-ED57D511AFA5BEC8A83D-01D4-4F15-B8A9-4B4AB24253A7BA397E39-F67F-423F-BC6E-65939450093AAE90CAFC-09D4-47F0-9E11-CE621C424F0886C7E6C3-EC47-44E5-AA08-EE0D0A25895F76D06077-D5D3-40CA-B32D-6A67A7FF3F065D42DDF4-81EB-4668-9951-819A1D5BEFC85790B963-23C5-43C1-BCF5-01C9B5A3E44E43CFEFBE-8AE4-400E-BBE4-A2B61BB140FB23D627FE-3F02-44CF-9EE1-7B9E44BD9E13189518DF-7EBA-4D31-A7E1-73B5BB60E8D54DA4616D-7E6E-4FD9-A2D5-B6C535733E22661173EE-FA31-4769-97D4-B556B5D09BDAE2CA7CD1-1AD9-F1C4-3D2A-DC1A33E7AF9D
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