Rootscan.info? More Rogue Security Software on the horizon?
To follow up the last post about watching google hot trends….
I noticed an unusual search in the trends for rootscan.info. It currently seems to redirect to a site talking about rogue antivirus removal so it might not be anything, but the related searches for virus doctor, virus doctor removal, windows pc defender removal make me wonder if we’ve got another wave of rogue applications. Everything I see referenced is older though with the possible exception of Windows PC Defender.
I found this listing of domains that should be blocked related to Windows PC Defender:
74.125.45.100 4-open-davinci.com
74.125.45.100 securitysoftwarepayments.com
74.125.45.100 privatesecuredpayments.com
74.125.45.100 secure.privatesecuredpayments.com
74.125.45.100 getantivirusplusnow.com
74.125.45.100 secure-plus-payments.com
74.125.45.100 www.getantivirusplusnow.com
74.125.45.100 www.secure-plus-payments.com
74.125.45.100 www.getavplusnow.com
74.125.45.100 www.securesoftwarebill.com
74.125.45.100 secure.paysecuresystem.com
74.125.45.100 paysoftbillsolution.com
–Update–
Now I’ve had a chance to take a look at the site further that rootscan.info is redirecting to. It’s cgidoctor.com
I see reports over at McAfee’s siteadvisor that some users are claiming there is spyware/adware being pushed from that site. I’m visiting it via firefox/linux and am not seeing anything overtly suspicious. It looks as though the download that is in each of the posts is for an installer for spyware doctor. (PCTools Spyware Doctor is a legitimate piece of software assuming that they are one and the same. (It’s Starter Edition is included in the Google Pack.) Mcafee’s scan of cgidoctor.com claims that it’s clear however many users have complaints about the site hosting dubious rogue downloads. There is also a site that has covered the rogue software groups does list cgidoctor.com as a blackhat SEO farm site for pushing software to remove the infections. By the way this site ddanchev.blogspot.com has some good info on the scareware groups and some of the domains that are being used to push the stuff.