Effects 

XPDeluxeProtector is an adware program that carries out the following actions:

• When it is run, it displays a window like the following:
  
  
• Then, a website like the following is displayed, which shows a message thanking users for having installed the program:
  
  
• Once installed, the program starts scanning the hard disk in search for possible malware:
  
  
• When the scan is finished, a window containing the results of the analysis is displayed, warning users that their computer is infected.
• In order to remove these threats, users are recommended to activate certain security solution:
  
  
• If it is activated, users are redirected to a page like the following, where several purchase options are offered:
  
  

Infection strategy 

XPDeluxeProtector creates the following entries in the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\XP Deluxe Protector
  fstart
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\XP Deluxe Protector
  Id
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\XP Deluxe Protector
  Minimize
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\XP Deluxe Protector
  Scan
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\XP Deluxe Protector
  site = Data: http://deluxe-protector.com/pp/?id=
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\XP Deluxe Protector
  Start
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\XP Deluxe Protector
  UpdateDate
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{a4dca795-b588-4be0-9463-7ff2864543b1}
  (Default) = WinInet Class
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{a4dca795-b588-4be0-9463-7ff2864543b1} \InprocServer32
  (Default) = %sysdir%\iehostcx32.dll
  where %sysdir% is the Windows system directory.
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{a4dca795-b588-4be0-9463-7ff2864543b1} \InprocServer32
  ThreadingModel
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{a4dca795-b588-4be0-9463-7ff2864543b1}\ProgID
  (Default) = WinInetApp.WinInet.1
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{a4dca795-b588-4be0-9463-7ff2864543b1}\TypeLib
  (Default) = {b360243e-09e8-402f-8721-00b6798089ad}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{a4dca795-b588-4be0-9463-7ff2864543b1} \VersionIndependentProgID
  (Default) = WinInetApp.WinInet

Means of transmission 

XPDeluxeProtector can be voluntarily downloaded from the website belonging to the company that has developed it.

Further Details  

XPDeluxeProtector is 41,984 bytes in size.