Thursday, November 13, 2008

WinSecureAv Ransomware

Removing WinSecureAv
Categories: Ransomware
The term ransomware is commonly used to describe such software,
although the field known as cryptovirology predates the term "ransomware".

This type of ransom attack can be accomplished by (for example) attaching
a specially crafted file/program to an e-mail message and sending this to the victim.

Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%COMMON_DESKTOPDIRECTORY%]\WinSecureAv.lnk
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\is-69GNC.tmp\ga6plicense.ini
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\is-69GNC.tmp\gfl.exe
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\is-69GNC.tmp\License_4_1.rtf
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\is-69GNC.tmp\_isetup\_shfoldr.dll
[%COMMON_DESKTOPDIRECTORY%]\WinSecureAv.lnk
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\is-69GNC.tmp\ga6plicense.ini
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\is-69GNC.tmp\gfl.exe
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\is-69GNC.tmp\License_4_1.rtf
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\is-69GNC.tmp\_isetup\_shfoldr.dll

How to detect WinSecureAv:

Files:
[%COMMON_DESKTOPDIRECTORY%]\WinSecureAv.lnk
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\is-69GNC.tmp\ga6plicense.ini
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\is-69GNC.tmp\gfl.exe
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\is-69GNC.tmp\License_4_1.rtf
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\is-69GNC.tmp\_isetup\_shfoldr.dll
[%COMMON_DESKTOPDIRECTORY%]\WinSecureAv.lnk
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\is-69GNC.tmp\ga6plicense.ini
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\is-69GNC.tmp\gfl.exe
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\is-69GNC.tmp\License_4_1.rtf
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\is-69GNC.tmp\_isetup\_shfoldr.dll

Folders:
[%APPDATA%]\WinSecureAv
[%COMMON_PROGRAMS%]\WinSecureAv
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\WinSecureAv
[%PROGRAM_FILES_COMMON%]\WinSecureAv

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\winsecureav
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\winsecureav

Registry Values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\products
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\products

Removing WinSecureAv:

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Or buy it to remove ALL viruses from your computer.

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