By Jim
Updated on Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
Internet Security 2010 is not your usual antivirus-emulating trojan. Like other fake antiviruses, this badware enters into your system as a trojan, hijacks your system starting from boot up, launches popups that display fake warnings of fictitious viruses, and asks you to purchase a so-called licensed program.
True, Internet Security 2010 has many similarities with other fake antivirus malwares. However, it is a little bit more creative. First, it may invite you to launch your antivirus software. Second, it may announce that you can’t play certain file formats like mp4, mp3, wav, wma, etc., and urges you to download the latest codecs.
To catch your attention, it creates desktop shortcuts, creates files that don’t do anything at all, and slows your computer’s speed. Who wouldn’t be alarmed with that? This really calls for the purchase of an antivirus program, don’t you think?
All this is done to deviate your attention from its real purpose – to entice you to purchase a registered version of Internet Security 2010. Ah, looks like the perfect solution, right? Wrong. So what does the registered version do? Well, nothing actually; save giving you the false perception that you’ve eliminated the problem … after paying, of course.
Symptoms Of Infection
- Your computer is acting slow. Internet Security 2010 slow down your system significantly. This includes starting up, shutting down, playing games, and surfing the web.
- You are getting pestered with pop ups. Internet Security 2010 infects your registry and uses it to launch annoying pop up ads out of nowhere.
- Searches are redirected or your homepage and desktop are settings are changed. This is a symptom of a very serious Internet Security 2010 infection.
Dangers Of Infection
Viruses like Internet Security 2010 will infect your registry and other important system files. If the infection is not treated it can cause a complete collapse of your system.
Some Internet Security 2010 infections contain spyware and keyloggers which can be used to record sensitive data like passwords, credit card, bank account, and social security numbers. The longer you allow the infection to fester, the greater the chance of identity fraud.
How To Remove Infection Manually
Uninstall Internet Security 2010 Processes
IS2010.exe
winupdate.exe
41.exe
winlogon86.exe
winupdate86.exe
Delete Internet Security 2010 Files
Remove Internet Security 2010 Registry Files
%Program Files%\InternetSecurity2010\IS2010.exe
%Documents and Settings%\[USER]\Cookies\user@buy[1].txt
%Documents and Settings%\[USER]\Desktop\Internet Security 2010.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\[USER]\Desktop\SetupIS2010.exe
%Documents and Settings%\[USER]\Start Menu\Internet Security 2010.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\[USER]\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick %Launch\Internet Security 2010.lnk
%Program Files%\InternetSecurity2010\\IS2010.exe
%System%\critical_warning.html
%system%\winupdate.exe
%system%\winhelper.dll
c:\WINDOWS\system32\41.exe
c:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon86.exe
c:\WINDOWS\system32\winupdate86.exe
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Internet Security 2010.lnk
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Internet Security 2010.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Internet Security 2010.lnk
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Posted under Fake Antispyware | 1 Comment
Posted by Matt on Monday, December 21st, 2009
Where do I begin this malware is very annoying froze up my desktop. it also told me that my Task Manager was disabled by my administrator.