{"id":17,"date":"2009-12-14T21:18:04","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T02:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/?p=17"},"modified":"2009-12-14T21:18:48","modified_gmt":"2009-12-15T02:18:48","slug":"this-is-a-bad-one-folks-antitroy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/?p=17","title":{"rendered":"This is a bad one folks, AntiTroy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Common name<\/a>:<\/td>\nAntiTroy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Technical name<\/a>:<\/td>\nAdware\/AntiTroy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Threat level<\/a>:<\/td>\nMedium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Type<\/a>:<\/td>\nAdware<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Effects<\/a>: <\/a><\/td>\n<\/a>It is an adware program which deceives users and warns them of unexisting threats in their computers. In order to eliminate them, they are enticed to purchase a certain program. It can reach the computer when the user accesses certain websites which display banners or pop-up windows which lead to the download of this program.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Affected platforms<\/a>:<\/td>\n Windows 2003\/XP\/2000\/NT\/ME\/98\/95<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
First detected on<\/a>:<\/td>\nDec. <\/em>10, 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Detection updated on<\/a>:<\/td>\nDec. <\/em>14, 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Statistics<\/a><\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Brief Description <\/a><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n

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<\/a>AntiTroy<\/em> is an adware<\/a> program that deceives users warning them of unexisting threats in their computers so that they purchase a certain program that removes them from the computer.<\/p>\n

AntiTroy<\/em> can reach the computer when the user accesses certain websites which display banners<\/a> or\u00a0pop-up windows<\/a> which lead to the download of this program. It can also reach the computer in a link that can be received via spam messages, fraudulent websites, etc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Visible Symptoms <\/a><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n

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<\/a>AntiTroy<\/em> is easy to recognize, as it shows the following symptoms:<\/p>\n
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  • When it is run and installed, the interface of the program is displayed and it starts scanning the system in search for possible malware:\"\"<\/li>\n
  • Once finished, it displays a warning message informing users that their computer is infected:\"\"<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Common name: AntiTroy Technical name: Adware\/AntiTroy Threat level: Medium Type: Adware Effects: It is an adware program which deceives users and warns them of unexisting threats in their computers. In order to eliminate them, they are enticed to purchase a certain program. It can reach the computer when the user accesses certain websites which display […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-virusalerts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18,"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}