AntivirusMaster
Posted: July 15, 2008
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.
Threat Level: | 10/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 73 |
First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
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Last Seen: | January 23, 2022 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
AntivirusMaster, Antivirus Master or AV Master, is a rogue anti-spyware program and a clone of a href="/removeAntivirus2008.html" title="Remove Antivirus 2008">Antivirus 2008. AntivirusMaster may be installed by a Trojan infection called Zlob. Zlob may display popups and system notifications warning computer users of an infection. This is usually a bogus attempt to get you to purchase the AntivirusMaster program.
Once Zlob is installed, it will display fraudulent error messages, stating that your computer is infected with spyware and adware, only to bully you into fixing the problem with the rogue anti-spyware program that is advised by the Trojan.
If you download Antivirus Master, it will start a scan that displays false positives on your computer. It is strongly recommended to remove Antivirus Master from your system without any hesitation.
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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:avm.exe
File name: avm.exeSize: 461.31 KB (461312 bytes)
MD5: bba532743837f1a1aa5822ca50f4214e
Detection count: 93
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
install_4683_MHwzNXwwfHx8fHx8fHw_[1].exe
File name: install_4683_MHwzNXwwfHx8fHx8fHw_[1].exeSize: 927.64 KB (927640 bytes)
MD5: ee2558ab80b0f7407c3b39edbdfe26b7
Detection count: 70
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
install_4683_MHwyN3wwfHx8fHx8fHw_[1].exe
File name: install_4683_MHwyN3wwfHx8fHx8fHw_[1].exeSize: 971.61 KB (971616 bytes)
MD5: b9c0ac61b3dd44a0e7b49ca07f9fb468
Detection count: 63
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
PWA.exe
File name: PWA.exeSize: 395.26 KB (395264 bytes)
MD5: e36d60e0caed8c04b213fbfe76f0f565
Detection count: 56
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
avm.exe
File name: avm.exeSize: 412.67 KB (412672 bytes)
MD5: fc0f5c7e14a9cd57ad2ee99f9d61a02c
Detection count: 46
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
avm.exe
File name: avm.exeSize: 369.66 KB (369664 bytes)
MD5: 441b6d4f70a8a1a79ea4536ef9762c88
Detection count: 46
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
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