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Rogue:W32/Reanimator.B

Name : Rogue:W32/Reanimator.B
Category:Riskware
Type:Rogue
Platform:W32

Summary

Dishonest antivirus software which tricks users into buying or installing it, usually by infecting a user's computer, or by pretending the computer is infected.

Additional Details

The detection Rogue:W32/Reanimator.B refers to a component of a rogue antimalware program that can download the rogue onto the system.


Activity

If present on the system, the Reanimator component will download the rogue program from:

  • http://www.xpsecuritycenter.com/XPSecurityCenter/Binaries1.zip
  • http://www.xpsecuritycenter.com/XPSecurityCenter/Binaries2.zip
  • http://www.xpsecuritycenter.com/XPSecurityCenter/Binaries3.zip

At the time of this analysis, the files in the links are no longer available.

The component also adds the following registry entry:

  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\XP_SecurityCenter