Applehebi Virus
During the
week of (Nov. 10 till the Present) a fake CNET Download.com has been
handing this new age nasty infection out. This has become in
bedded in the WinRAR download. Applehebi is a huge security
issue. The Applehebi infection over writes the Host file
which
redirects you to fake sites such as google, msn, myspace etc. to name a
few. After this infection if you visit a site such as google,
the
applehebi infection redirects the user to another site that LOOKS like
google but it's not. Users will then see google, myspace, msn
etc... saying something like the following.
Of course, if you have read how infections trick you then you would be smart enough not to click the free scan or register it, you would instead seek professional help. If you do click on the free scan and try to register it your system becomes infected with the AntivirusPro2009 as seen above.
Because of the host file being rewritten security programs such as malwarebytes, avg, Norton, mcafee, etc... They cannot repair the damages done. Malwarebytes can remove the infection, but cannot undo the host file changes.
The entire point of the applehebi infection is to get people to buy Antivirus 2009 and or its variants. The makers of these fraudulent security programs has applehebi as their lure.
If you or someone you know has this infection, or has activated a fraudulent security program we recommend contacting professional help.
handing this new age nasty infection out. This has become in
bedded in the WinRAR download. Applehebi is a huge security
issue. The Applehebi infection over writes the Host file
which
redirects you to fake sites such as google, msn, myspace etc. to name a
few. After this infection if you visit a site such as google,
the
applehebi infection redirects the user to another site that LOOKS like
google but it's not. Users will then see google, myspace, msn
etc... saying something like the following.Of course, if you have read how infections trick you then you would be smart enough not to click the free scan or register it, you would instead seek professional help. If you do click on the free scan and try to register it your system becomes infected with the AntivirusPro2009 as seen above.
Because of the host file being rewritten security programs such as malwarebytes, avg, Norton, mcafee, etc... They cannot repair the damages done. Malwarebytes can remove the infection, but cannot undo the host file changes.
The entire point of the applehebi infection is to get people to buy Antivirus 2009 and or its variants. The makers of these fraudulent security programs has applehebi as their lure.
If you or someone you know has this infection, or has activated a fraudulent security program we recommend contacting professional help.