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Spazbox Browser Hijacker Information
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Spazbox |
| Category: |
Browser Hijacker |
| Advice: |
Remove |
| Risk: |
Elevated Risk
Elevated threats are usually threats that fall into the range of adware in which data about a user's habits are tracked and sent back to a server for analysis without your consent or knowledge. |
| Description:
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Spazbox is a search and homepage hijacker.
The symptom that identifies the Spazbox or a close variation is that Spazbox.net keeps appearing in the address bar; in the background you get popups; plus your antivirus software keeps telling you your system has been infected by a trojan. Spazbox is a browser hijack program - it that takes over your page, and keeps changing it back. It's purpose is to show you advertising, or flog you an over-priced piece of software to fix the issue. On a more sinister note, it can download other programs, such as Trojans and other sneaky tools to take over your PC or compromise your security (it uses the same regsrv32.exe trick, see below, as the virus DDoS-Apbot@MM).
Hijacks your home page to http://clicks.spazbox.net/mt.html.
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| Signatures:
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process: asetup32.exe: MD5 Hash: ...
process: arsetup.exe: MD5 Hash: .. |
| Type: |
Browser Hijacker - Spyware's primary purpose is to collect demographic and usage information from your computer, usually for advertising purposes. Spyware usually that 'sneaks' onto a system or performs other activities hidden to the user. Spyware programs are usually bundled as a hidden component and downloaded from the Internet. These modules are almost always installed on the system secretively and try to run secretively as well. |
Top Browser Hijacker Visited Pages:
SuperSpider - Alias: Network Security Guard, Melcosoft - 324 visits
Spyass.com - 67 visits
Tubby - Alias: MakeMeSearch, CoolWebSearch.Tubby, Spyware.Arau, Trojan.Win32.StartPage.ih, Trojan.StartPage-FJ - 55 visits
CrackSpider - Alias: Troj/Favadd-D - 51 visits
CoolWebSearch - Alias: CWS, Cool Web Serach, CoolWwwSearch - 50 visits
SecurityToolbar.DesktopScam - 46 visits
Paytime - 41 visits
Trojan.StartPage - Alias: SearchCentral - 37 visits
Search3 Hijacker - 31 visits
SBSoft - 31 visits
Random Browser Hijacker Pages:
Spyware.Hijacker.mcicdb - Alias: mcicdb
Adw.CWS.Hotoffers
Xware
Trojan.StartPage - Alias: SearchCentral
2nsSearch
CoolWebSearch.StartPage - Alias: CWS.StartPage, Win32.Startpage
CoolWebSearch.MSG - Alias: CWS variant, MSG
iLookup.GlobalWebSearch - Alias: global Search Page, Worldanywhere Toolbar, Hotwebsearch Toolbar,Bigwebportal Toolbar, Searchitquick
IST.XXXToolBar
Coolwebsearch.greg-search
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