Emsisoft Malware-Info

Name: Adware.Win32.Fake DOS Screen Saver 1.2

Risklevel: Moderate Risk

Company: AdF Screen Savers

Description:

Fake DOS Screen Saver 1.2 is an adware bundler that installs NewDotNet with itself. NewDotNet is an adware program that associates non-existent domain names with sponsored content. When an end-user enters a keyword into a browser address bar or attempts to resolve a mistaken or non-existent URL, the adware redirects the user to a sponsored page.

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More details about this danger:

Characteristics:

  • It installs NewDotNet with itself.
  • NewDotNet is an adware program that associates non-existent domain names with sponsored content. When an end-user enters a keyword into a browser address bar or attempts to resolve a mistaken or non-existent URL, the adware redirects the user to a sponsored page.

Installation: Installed through EXE

Process: Fake DOS.scr

Screenshots:

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Used folders:

  • C:\Program Files\NewDotNet\NewDotNet-old_
  • C:\Program Files\NewDotNet
  • C:\Program Files\AdF Screen Savers\Fake DOS

Used files:

  • C:\Program Files\NewDotNet\nncore.dll
    [507904 Bytes] Application Extension
  • C:\Program Files\NewDotNet\NewDotNet-old_\newdotnet6_38.dll
    [229376 Bytes] Application Extension
  • C:\WINDOWS\Fake DOS.scr
    [1548767 Bytes] Screen Saver
  • C:\WINDOWS\system32\sporder.dll
    [8464 Bytes] Application Extension
  • C:\WINDOWS\system32\rk.exe
    [802816 Bytes] Application
  • C:\WINDOWS\NDNuninstall6_38.exe
    [50688 Bytes] Application
  • desktop+\FREE STUFF.lnk
    [1551 Bytes] Shortcut
  • C:\Program Files\NewDotNet\nnrun.exe
    [3072 Bytes] Application
  • C:\Program Files\AdF Screen Savers\Fake DOS\VVSNInst.exe
    [106560 Bytes] Application
  • C:\Program Files\AdF Screen Savers\Fake DOS\NNADFS638.EXE
    [266240 Bytes] Application
  • C:\Program Files\AdF Screen Savers\Fake DOS\INSTALL.LOG
    [1906 Bytes] Text Document
  • C:\Program Files\AdF Screen Savers\Fake DOS\free.ICO
    [2238 Bytes] Icon
  • C:\Program Files\AdF Screen Savers\Fake DOS\Free Stuff.html
    [126 Bytes] HTML Document
  • C:\Program Files\NewDotNet\readme.html
    [5608 Bytes] HTML Document

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