Link Safeness

Alias: Link Safeness, LinkSafeness, Trojan.LinkSafeness

Description: Link Safeness (also known as LinkSafeness) is another rogue anti-spyware application which may be secretly installed by a trojan or manually downloaded from one of many fraudulent Fake Scanner Sites sites. Once installed, Link Safeness pretends to perform a system scan then displays exaggerated fake results similar to the one shown below:



Link Safeness can hijack Internet Explorer and prevent the user from visiting certain websites and display a warning page instead. A recent tactic used is to have a trojan display fake Windows Security Center popup that recommends installing Link Safeness as shown below:





Threat type:

Hijacker - A Hijacker is a software application that takes control of your browser's settings. Usually it changes your home page and redirects it to some unknown site or modifies your search settings. It prevents you from changing back your browser's settings. An infected browser usually operates much slower.

Ransomware - Ransomware is a software application that infects a computer and asks for money to have the infection removed.

Trojan - A Trojans or Trojan Horse is any programs that installs itself secretly, quite often with sinister intent. Once installed, the trojan author (hacker) can gain complete control of the infected PC. Trojans are usually designed to steal sensitive information and/or destroy the system. Trojans can be distributed as unsolicited email attachments, or bundled with freeware and shareware programs.

Advice: Remove This is a very high risk threat and should be removed immediately as to prevent harm to your computer and / or to protect your privacy.

Detection:
SpyNoMore removes Link Safeness: Yes

Threat risk: High Risk

Very dangerous malware. Can log user's keyboard activity and take snapshots of the user's screen. Uses stealth installation and removal is very difficult. Category includes spyware programs, adware programs and trojans.

Symptoms:

Spyware Alert balloon messages appear on your Windows Tray.

Link Safeness is installed without your consent.

Pop-up messages claiming that your computer is infected, recommending Link Safeness.

A fake Windows Security Center recommending Link Safeness is displayed.

Link Safeness can create 100's of fake files in Windows and System directories, but these for the most part are pretty harmless, they are only there to scare the user into buying the full version of the program.

A fake Windows Security Center message popups up upon restarting your computer.

Link Safeness Signature Details: The following information includes some of the standard signatures associated with this spyware threat. Please do not attempt to manually remove these items from your computer; Removing these items incorrectly or partially can cause your computer to experience critical errors, prevent your computer from restarting or cause loss of Internet connectivity. Should you be infected with Link Safeness, you can clean your computer by downloading SpyNoMore now.

Running Process Signatures:
Program Files\LinkSafeness Software\LinkSafeness\LinkSafeness.exe

File Signatures:
Local Settings\Temp\e51m4sub.exe, md5=afa68f13501c67a192d2cf8b1ff8a9d0

Registered Dll (Dynamic Link Library) Signatures:
N/A

Folder Signatures:
Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\LinkSafeness

Registry Signatures:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\LinkSafeness

SpyNoMore Collected Residual File Signatures:
N/A

See Also:
System Fighter
Advanced Virus Remover
System Warrior
AntiAID
Site Villain
Livedriving.com
Secure Keeper
KeepCop
Security Tool
Additional Guard