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Adware.MyCentria

Posted: January 4, 2010

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 65
First Seen: July 24, 2009
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Adware.MyCentria is a malicious adware program that shows advertisements in search results. Adware.MyCentria will result in a number of horrible undesired computer problems. In fact, Adware.MyCentria is a Russian adware application that can track a user's browsing activity. Adware.MyCentria can steal a user's information and keep record of where he/she is doing on the internet. One of the most dangerous features regarding Adware.MyCentria is that it has the ability to send all the information it steals to predestined remote servers. The presence of Adware.MyCentria may lead to the complete malfunctioning of a computer system.

Aliases

Generic3.AGJR [AVG]not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.MyCentria [Ikarus]Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT [Sunbelt]Win-Trojan/Xema.variant [AhnLab-V3]Adware:Win32/MyCentria [Microsoft]Riskware.AdWare.Win32.MyCentria!IK [a-squared]Ad-Spyware.MyCentria.K.3 [McAfee-GW-Edition]ADSPY/MyCentria.K.3 [AntiVir]Trojan.Mycentria.20 [DrWeb]UnclassifiedMalware [Comodo]Adware.Generic.49311 [BitDefender]not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.MyCentria.q [Kaspersky]W32/Mycentria.A.gen!Eldorado [F-Prot]a variant of Win32/Adware.Mycentria.AA [NOD32]AdWare.MyCentria.q (Not a Virus) [CAT-QuickHeal]
More aliases (40)

Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:



%PROGRAMFILES%\MyCentria\InfoBar\MyCentriaInfoBar.dll File name: MyCentriaInfoBar.dll
Size: 698.88 KB (698880 bytes)
MD5: b6da9f5a52b6da9aaba83a8835883977
Detection count: 89
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\MyCentria\InfoBar
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 17, 2010
MYCENT~1.DLL File name: MYCENT~1.DLL
Size: 698.88 KB (698880 bytes)
MD5: 632c5aef581c36b5ba61f57d95ccdf11
Detection count: 37
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/DLL
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
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