AntiSpywareXP 2009

Posted: October 22, 2008

Threat Metric

The Threat Meter is a malware assessment that SpywareRemove.com's research team is able to give every identifiable malware threat. Our Threat Meter includes several criteria based off of specific malware threats to value their severity, reach and volume. The Threat Meter is able to give you a numerical breakdown of each threat's initial Threat Level, Detection Count, Volume Count, Trend Path and Percentage Impact. The overall ranking of each threat in the Threat Meter is a basic breakdown of how all threats are ranked within our own extensive malware database. The scoring for each specific malware threat can be easily compared to other emerging threats to draw a contrast in its particular severity. The Threat Meter is a useful tool in the endeavor of seeking a solution to remove a threat or pursue additional analytical research for all types of computer users.

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.

Threat Level:	10/10
Infected PCs:	49

First Seen:	July 24, 2009
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

AntiSpywareXP 2009 is a faux anti-spyware application that originates from the family. AntiSpywareXP 2009 may have been installed onto your computer through a security hole or Trojan infection such as Vundo or Zlob. In any case, if you have AntiSpywareXP 2009, you should take precautions immediately to detect and remove AntiSpywareXP 2009. AntiSpywareXP 2009 forces computer users to purchase a full version of AntiSpywareXP 2009 through many fake pop-ups, redirects and system alert messages. AntiSpywareXP 2009 may be very difficult and risky to manually remove. With that said, you should utilize a reputable antispyware program to detect and remove AntiSpywareXP 2009 as well as any of its clones that include

Aliases

TROJ_FAKEAV.MR [TrendMicro]AntiSpywareXP2009 [Sunbelt]Troj/FakeAV-FE [Sophos]Medium Risk Malware [Prevx1]Adware/XPAntiSpyware2009 [Panda]Trojan.Win32.FraudPack [K7AntiVirus]W32/Fraudpack.GKR!tr [Fortinet]Trojan.Win32.FraudPack.gkr [F-Secure]Win32/FakeAlert.JU [eTrust-Vet]Win32.FraudPack.gkr [eSafe]Trojan.Fakealert.2197 [DrWeb]TrojWare.Win32.Trojan.FraudPack.gkr [Comodo]Trojan.Agent-65320 [ClamAV]Trojan.FraudPack.gkr [CAT-QuickHeal]Win32:Adware-gen [Avast]
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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:

antispywarexp2009.exe

File name: antispywarexp2009.exe
Size: 785.21 KB (785212 bytes)
MD5: fe457cc472f74422bd23c52049f1ce65
Detection count: 82
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009

AntiSpywareXP2009.exe

File name: AntiSpywareXP2009.exe
Size: 785.05 KB (785058 bytes)
MD5: 1ba8c7fb3a29695e8ab4c364d103d469
Detection count: 80
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009