HDview
Posted: January 23, 2015
Threat Metric
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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: | 2/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 152 |
First Seen: | December 14, 2010 |
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Last Seen: | May 2, 2022 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
HDview is an adware extension that is created using the Crossrider platform. Some computer users may get confused since there is a Browser Helper Object for Internet Explorer named HDView, but they can be assured that there's no connection between them. Once HDview enters your system, HDview installs as a web browser extension that is, in fact, a monetization platform for adware creators. Crossrider extensions such as HDview are known to set a background process in order to monitor, look for updates and download such updates without directly interacting with users. For this reason, an adware application such as HDview might be back even after removing it from your browsers. An infection with HDview adware extension may include a number of annoying commercial ads, modification of homepage and default search engine and decreased computer performance.
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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:C:\Program Files\HDview\HDview-bg.exe
File name: C:\Program Files\HDview\HDview-bg.exeMD5: b399b9ed5cc9669bd9330c6d17c460f0
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
412f2107-bbad-48f5-a473-42966bf52b04-2.exe
File name: 412f2107-bbad-48f5-a473-42966bf52b04-2.exeFile type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
HDview-bho.dll
File name: HDview-bho.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
HDview-buttonutil.exe
File name: HDview-buttonutil.exeFile type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
HDview-codedownloader.exe
File name: HDview-codedownloader.exeFile type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
HDview-nova.exe
File name: HDview-nova.exeFile type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
HDview-buttonutil.dll
File name: HDview-buttonutil.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
HDview-buttonutil64.dll
File name: HDview-buttonutil64.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
HDview-nova.dll
File name: HDview-nova.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Registry Modifications
HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION\HDView-bg.exeSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION\HDView-bg.exe
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