Kazaap

SUMMARY

Behavior

Kazaap is a security risk that may give exaggerated reports of threats on the computer. The program then prompts the user to purchase a registered version of the software in order to remove the reported threats.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version December 1, 2006
• Latest Rapid Release version May 13, 2008 revision 038
• Initial Daily Certified version December 1, 2006
• Latest Daily Certified version May 13, 2008 revision 048
• Initial Weekly Certified release date December 6, 2006

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TECHNICAL DETAILS

Kazaap is a security risk that may give exaggerated reports of threats on the computer. The program then prompts the user to purchase a registered version of the software in order to remove the reported threats.

When Kazaap is executed it creates and populates the following registry keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Kazaap Adware & Spyware Remover
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\FoxIE
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Kazaap
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Kazaap

It then creates the following files:
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Kazaap.lnk
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\~DF4350.tmp
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Kazaap\Kazaap.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Kazaap\Secure Update.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Kazaap\Uninstall Kazaap.lnk
%ProgramFiles%\Kazaap\DB\pests.dtx
%ProgramFiles%\Kazaap\Kazaap.exe
%ProgramFiles%\Kazaap\Resources\Updates\index.dat
%ProgramFiles%\Kazaap\uninst.exe
%ProgramFiles%\Kazaap\update.exe

It then may populate the following directories with files downloaded by the application updater:
%ProgramFiles%\Kazaap\Resources
%ProgramFiles%\Kazaap\Resources\Updates