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Licosearch.com

Posted: April 22, 2011

Licosearch.com is a search redirect virus or browser hijacker that redirects search queries of Internet users. Licosearch.com is commonly downloaded and installed onto your computer system through a browser exploit. Licosearch.com is better known as proxy or DNS hijacker that redirects search engine searches to websites that include spam advertisements. Licosearch.com is commonly installed together with a rootkit program which can ease remote control of the infected PC. Once active, Licosearch.com will add entries to the registry and redirect Google and Yahoo to Licosearch.com undesired search web page. Licosearch.com related malware threats will block programs from preventing any changes to the registry and lower the computer's overall performance. Even if affected computer users try doing everything after searching for a problem related to the Licosearch.com, for instance, delete firefox extensions, malware applications, etc., they still find that Licosearch.com keeps on occuring on their application files everytime they restart a computer.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 %PROGRAM_FILES%\random.exe

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{Subkeys}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\licosearch.com

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