Trend Microâ„¢ HouseCall is an application for checking whether your computer has been infected by viruses, spyware, or other malware. HouseCall performs additional security checks to identify and fix vulnerabilities to prevent reinfection.

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System Requirements:
Trend Micro’s HouseCall requires the following system components:
Hardware:
At least 133MHz Intelâ„¢ Pentiumâ„¢ processor or equivalent
At least 64MB of RAM
At least 30MB of available disk space
Operating System:
Microsoft Windows 98SE/NT4.0,SP6a/2000,SP2/XP,SP1/2003 and Windows MCE 2005
Linux Distributions that supports libc6
Solaris 2.6 and above
Software:
Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 6.0 or later
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.0.7, 1.5
Mozilla 1.7.12

Trojan horse payloads are almost always designed to cause harm, but can also be harmless. They are classified based on how they breach and damage systems. The six main types of Trojan horse payloads are:
Remote Access
Data Destruction
Downloader
Server Trojan(Proxy, FTP , IRC, Email, HTTP/HTTPS, etc.)
Security software disabler
Denial-of-service attack (DoS)

Some examples of damage are:
Erasing or overwriting data on a computer
Re-installing itself after being disabled
Encrypting files in a cryptoviral extortion attack
Corrupting files in a subtle way
Upload and download of files
Copying fake links, which lead to false websites, chats, or other account based websites, showing any local account name on the computer falsely engaging in untrue context
Falsifying records of downloading software, movies, or games from websites never visited by the victim.
Allowing remote access to the victim’s computer. This is called a RAT (remote access trojan)
Spreading other malware, such as viruses (this type of trojan horse is called a ‘dropper’ or ‘vector’)
Setting up networks of zombie computers in order to launch DDoS attacks or send spam.
Spying on the user of a computer and covertly reporting data like browsing habits to other people (see the article on spyware)
Making screenshots
Logging keystrokes to steal information such as passwords and credit card numbers
Phishing for bank or other account details, which can be used for criminal activities
Installing a backdoor on a computer system
Opening and closing CD-ROM tray
Playing sounds, videos or displaying images
Calling using the modem to expensive numbers, thus causing massive phone bills
Harvesting e-mail addresses and using them for spam
Restarting the computer whenever the infected program is started
Deactivating or interfering with anti-virus and firewall programs
Deactivating or interfering with other competing forms of malware
Randomly shutting off the computer
Installing a virus
slowing down your computer
displaying pornographic sites

Antivirus 2009 is considered as one of the widely spread and most successful rogue antivirus application that infects vast number computers around the world. Antivirus 2009 pretends to be a security application but crated primarily to sell the rogue security product by using unfair method of fake scanning and detection to assure the victim of its importance.

Aliases:
Antivirus2009

Risk Level: Medium

File Size: Varies

Affected System: Windows

Common Symptoms:
1. Browser redirection to prosecurity-audit.com and downloads the file A9installer_880293.exe
2. Web browser can be redirected to the following sites and downloads the malware:

Antivirus XP 2008 is a new rogue anti-spyware program that is advertised through Trojans and other malware. It is advertised in the form of fake security alerts and warnings on web sites that state you are infected with malware or are being attacked in some manner. When you click on these ads, it will automatically download the installer for Antivirus XP 2008 and install it on your machine. In some cases, this program is installed without any intervention at all from you.

Once installed, AntivirusXP 2008 will scan your computer and display a variety of security risks found on your computer that can only be removed if you purchase a license of the software. These risks, though, are all fake and are only being displayed to scare you into thinking you are infected and thus purchase their software. Another tactic that AntivirusXP 2008, and the accompanied malware, uses is to change your desktop background to be a message stating you are infected, popups and fake alerts stating your computer is being attacked, and a fake Internet Explorer page that states Google has found your computer to be infected. All of these are further scare tactics and should be ignored. These methods are all illustrated in the images below.

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