Adware.Agent.OBZ
Posted: May 30, 2014
Threat Metric
The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:
Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
Ranking: | 13,393 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 2,180 |
First Seen: | May 30, 2014 |
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Last Seen: | August 24, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Adware.Agent.OBZ is adware that may generate and show disturbing pop-up advertisements pertaining to the PC user's browsing habits on the computer system. Upon installation on the PC, Adware.Agent.OBZ may insert an unwanted browser add-on, plug-in or browser extension on the Web browser. If Adware.Agent.OBZ pop-up advertisements are shown on the computer once the PC user opens a new tab on the Web browser, it may mean that the computer system was corrupted by adware, in this case, Adware.Agent.OBZ or a PUP (potentially unwanted program). Adware.Agent.OBZ may display disturbing pop-up ads or ads related to the PC user's Internet surfing routine in a form of underlined words and text boxes no matter which Web browser is used. Adware.Agent.OBZ may be installed into Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and other Web browsers. Adware.Agent.OBZ may be installed as an optional tool when downloading freeware from unreliable download websites.
Technical Details
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
The following files were created in the system:%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Adsystem.exe
File name: Adsystem.exeSize: 8.19 KB (8192 bytes)
MD5: 09a8e312fb3fc96ab64e235c7a07e20e
Detection count: 9
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 8, 2017
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