PeakProtection2010 Adware Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95

Brief Description

PeakProtection2010is spyware and adware program which lets the end PC users know of the latest spyware and virus threats in their PC’ computers, much like spybot, AVG, melwarebytes and so on.PeakProtection2010 can reach the computer when the user accesses certain websites which can display banner ads and pop ups and what have you which can lead to the download of this program. It can also be reached via email spam, email link and so forth.

Visible Symptoms

PeakProtection2010is pretty simple to recognize.

  • When the app runs in windows, it will display the installer like the one below.PeakProtection2010 installation window
  • Once installed, the computer is restarted and the following screen is displayed where only one option can be selected:Screen displayed by PeakProtection2010
  • When users click on this button, it stats scanning the system and once ended, it shows the results with the infected and restored files:Results of the scan carried out by PeakProtection2010
 

BackDoor-EVC!8F7F8F47​013F Network Trojan and how to remove

This backdoor Trojan  infects  files, registry, and network communication.

The following registry elements have been created:

  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\EXT\
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\EXT\SETTINGS\
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\EXT\SETTINGS\{BF50AC63-19DA-487E-AD4A-0B452D823B59}\
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID\{BF50AC63-19DA-487E-AD4A-0B452D823B59}\
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID\{BF50AC63-19DA-487E-AD4A-0B452D823B59}\INPROCSERVER32\
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\EXPLORER\BROWSER HELPER OBJECTS\{BF50AC63-19DA-487E-AD4A-0B452D823B59}\
This virus can be removed with microsoft security essentials. If your PC gets locked you are getting a black screen, you might want to run scan in safe mode.
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