Antivirus 2009 and browserprotectioncenter.com

July 8, 2008

This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series Removing Antivirus 2009
Removing Antivirus 2009

If you have been infected with the Antivirus 2009 spyware/malware, I’m sure that you have noticed that all of the links point to microsoft.browserprotectioncenter.com. Hopefully you haven’t visited the site and/or purchased their spamware/spyware/malware solution. So for the curious out there, here are some screen shots of what you would find on their site.

A couple of things to note:

  • All of the thumbnail/small images below are linked to the original images on my Flickr account. They DO NOT link to the original page. So you can click the images to view the full-size image on Flickr without fear.
  • They obviously spent a fair amount of money on making a site that is easy on the eyes and very inviting. I’ve seen plenty of legitimate businesses with hideous sites.
  • If you go to microsoft.browserprotectioncenter.com with Firefox, you get redirected to the Internet Explorer 7 download page. I guess they really want you to run IE so that they can take advantage of the less secure browser.
  • While I feel that I am providing a bit of a public service by publishing all of this information, the sad fact is that they could very easily set this whole scam up again at a different site/address/URL.

Here is what lives at browserprotectioncenter.com:

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Here are a couple of the fake screens warning you that you have been infected:

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Finally, here are several different versions of their sales pitch screen:

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I’m curious: Has anyone actually gone through and purchased the XP Antivirus 2008 product from them? Did you actually get a product that you install and run on your computer? Was their anything suspicious about the transaction?

For those more savvy than the rest of us: Isn’t there a way to report offending sites like this and have them taken down?

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2 Responses to “Antivirus 2009 and browserprotectioncenter.com”

  1. Teehlolo on July 30th, 2008 8:42 pm

    I guess I’m the fool who purchased the anti-virus software. I am not computer savvy and I still feel like my computer is under attack. It seems as if this should be illegal. How did you get your system to work without purchasing the software?

  2. PCTSg on January 19th, 2009 12:07 am

    It seems as though the only browser being hijacked is IE? I’ve not come across any infections in FIrefox or Chrome? Not to say one is any more secure than the other, but that seems to be the trend. Either way, a combo of MBAM and SDfix knocked both out in Safe Mode, with no hesitation.

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