Adware.Packed.Ranver

Posted: September 9, 2013

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Ranking:	8,496
Threat Level:	1/10
Infected PCs:	618

First Seen:	September 9, 2013
Last Seen:	October 11, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Adware.Packed.Ranver is an identifying label for various potentially malicious browser add-ons and toolbars, with a particular emphasis on adware programs that display advertisements in your browser without your permission. Because Adware.Packed.Ranver may apply to several types of similar but distinct PC threats, its symptoms are somewhat malleable, and SpywareRemove.com malware researchers must recommend general anti-malware tactics for finding and removing Adware.Packed.Ranver as it's required. Currently, Adware.Packed.Ranver only is detected by a very limited number of anti-malware programs, and using updated threat databases is especially important for maximizing your chances of detecting Adware.Packed.Ranver before Adware.Packed.Ranver may be installed on your computer – or removing Adware.Packed.Ranver after the fact.

Unintentionally Unzipping a Bunch of Advertisements in Your Browser

Adware.Packed.Ranver is used to identify several types of similar adware that are still in a data-compressed or 'packed' format. One of the most common means of achieving this is through ZIP and RAR file archives, which are a favored method for malware authors to obscure malicious spam e-mail attachments. However, the evidence for Adware.Packed.Ranver using an e-mail-based infection vector is circumstantial, at best, and Adware.Packed.Ranver, like most adware, also has a reasonable chance of being distributed through other methods that market Adware.Packed.Ranver fraudulently as a beneficial program.

While only a very limited subset of the overall anti-malware industry's software has identified Adware.Packed.Ranver so far, Adware.Packed.Ranver has collected a number of recurring aliases that stand as a testament to its variable formats. SpywareRemove.com malware experts have noted the most common of these, including Win32/Packed.ScrambleWrapper.C, WS.Reputation.1 (a Symantec rating for files with poor Web reputations), Adware.Plugin.73, Adware/1ClickDownload.T and variants of the GamePlayLabs adware. Symptoms related to these PC threats and other variants of Adware.Packed.Ranver may consist of some or all of the following:

Displaying pop-up advertisement windows.
Inserting advertisements – either marked or unmarked – into unrelated Web pages.
Inserting hyperlinks to third parties in unrelated text keywords.

Keeping the Pandora's Box of Advertisements Shut Tight

Adware.Packed.Ranver and similar archive-compressed PC threats often are difficult for many basic anti-malware scanners to identify, and Adware.Packed.Ranver has been confirmed to be identifiable only by a smaller number of anti-malware products to date. To keep an Adware.Packed.Ranver infection off your computer as best as is possible, you should be particularly cautious about interacting with all common infection vectors. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers also suggest that you pay attention to any potentially mislabeled files that may pretend to be a JPG or other 'safe' file type when, in reality, they're zipped versions of Adware.Packed.Ranver and other unreliable applications.

However, once it's unzipped and installed, detecting Adware.Packed.Ranver should be made sufficiently obvious by its advertisements. At that point, most anti-malware products should be able to remove Adware.Packed.Ranver at that point, which is recommended to keep your browser from incidentally exposing you to any potentially toxic advertising content.

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The following URL's were detected:

interbuzznews.com