[Symptom of Infection]

[Adware.A-Fast.R.979968] is installed without user agreement, and it shows the fake and exaggerated infection warning.
 

Also, it blocks registry so that user cannot access to them.
 

- It adds itself to registry for automatic execution on system boot.

[PIC 1] Scanning Feature

[PIC 2] Warning 1

[PIC 3] Warning 2

[PIC 4] Warning 3

[PIC 5] Warning 4

[PIC 6] Warning 5

[PIC 7] Warning 6

<Related URL>
 

hxxp:// (...)/online.php?id=(...)

<File>
 
[Adware.A-Fast.R.979968] creates files to below folder.
 

(Desktop Folder)\A-fast Antivirus.lnk

<Registry>
 
[Adware.A-Fast.R.979968] creates registries like below.
 
HKCU\Software\A-fast
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List
Name: (Programs Folder)\A-fast\A-fast.exe
Value: "(Programs Folder)\A-fast\A-fast.exe:*:Enabled:afast"
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List
Name: (Programs Folder)\A-fast\A-fast.exe
Value: "(Programs Folder)\A-fast\A-fast.exe:*:Enabled:afast"
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Name: fast
Value: (Programs Folder)\A-fast\A-fast.exe

<Folder>
 

[Adware.A-Fast.R.979968] creates folders like below.
 

(Programs Folder)\ A-fast

<Notation>
 

- "(Desktop Folder)" could be different by OS and generally this is "C:\Documents and Settings\(User Account)\Desktop".
 

- "(Programs Folder)" could be different by OS and generally this is "C:\Program Files".

[How to repair]

1. If you are WinXP/ME users, please be inactivate System Recovery Function.
The reason why being inactivate of the system recovery is to clean the virus completely.
You can refer to MS technical documents(Q263455) for more details.

2. Update the engine module for the latest one.
To repair this virus, you need to update the engine for the latest one.

a. ViRobot products users
-Download the latest engine files via our website (www.hauri.net)

b. Non-ViRobot products users
- Use the LiveCall (Free Scan) via the website (http://www.livecall.co.kr)
- Use the trial version of ViRobot products (30days only)

3. How to scan the virus.

a. Run your ViRobot, and choose all files in scan option.
- ViRobot Desktop 5.x : [Tools] -> [Configuration] -> [Spyware/Adware Scan] : Check all files
- LiveCall (Free Scan) : [Advanced Scan] : Check

b. Repair all viruses detected.