Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Updatezr.org - remove annoying hijacker

Skype and other messengers have been engaged into promotion of Windows Software Patch, which price is 19.95 USD. The scam typically works according to primitive scheme when user gets the following message:
“Registry Online: URGENT SYSTEM SCAN NOTIFICATION ! PLEASE READ CAREFULLY !!
hxxp://www.updatezr.org/
For the link to become active, please click on 'Add to contacts' skype button or type it in manually into your web browser !

FULL DETAILS OF SCAN RESULT BELOW
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WINDOWS REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
ATTENTION ! Security Center has detected
malware on your computer !
Affected Software:
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Impact of Vulnerability: Remote Code Execution / Virus Infection /
Unexpected shutdowns
Recommendation: Users running vulnerable version should install a repair utility immediately
Your system IS affected, download the patch from the address below !
Failure to do so may result in severe computer malfunction.
hxxp://www.updatezr.org/
For the link to become active, please click on 'Add to contacts' skype button or type it in manually into your web browser!”
Visiting website specified is extremely dangerous, not only since users may be duped to buy the counterfeit; the website may contain malicious code infecting web-browser so that the infected browser will be disordered and show only that page.
Trojans also popup that alert. If you have ever seen it, you may need to remove updatezr.org related infections, as you can see from the above. Click here to start free scan and get rid of updatezr.org related parasites, if any.

Updatezr.org screenshot:

Updatezr.org removal tool:

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