Malware.QVM06.Gen

Posted: June 3, 2014

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.

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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:	8/10
Infected PCs:	33

First Seen:	June 3, 2014
Last Seen:	December 20, 2022
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Malware.QVM06.Gen is a heuristic detection for potentially threatening software installers. Besides the possibility of Malware.QVM06.Gen installing real threats, Malware.QVM06.Gen also has close associations with adware and other Potentially Unwanted Programs. Although they're not necessarily illegal, malware researchers do consider the latter security risks and recommends their deletion with appropriate security tools. Because malware analysts have detected Malware.QVM06.Gen in a range of different products, the symptoms of Malware.QVM06.Gen infections are subject to variations, but may include undesirable changes to your Web-surfing experience.

When a Threat Tells You How to Surf the Web

Within the anti-malware industry, specific identifications for highly-individualized threats may be contrasted with generalized ones that are programmed to exert to more than one category of threats. Malware.QVM06.Gen is one of the latter, with tendencies towards being an installation package for either threats or PUPs (such as a browser toolbar, search engine hijacker or adware program). Besides being labeled as an installation package for various applications, Malware.QVM06.Gen also may be seen distributed as a fake JPG file through social network-based attacks. As usual, malware experts can encourage the use of fully-displayed extension settings to let you notice an EXE file with the extension of an image file.

However, Malware.QVM06.Gen's generalized application to threats does not necessarily mean that its payload is completely unpredictable. Malware researchers see some consequences of Malware.QVM06.Gen attacks occur more commonly than others. Malware.QVM06.Gen attacks for 2014 may include:

Malware.QVM06.Gen may be a variant of the Cridex Trojan, a worm that may gather banking information and may distribute itself via USB devices.
Malware.QVM06.Gen may be adware, or programs that create browser advertisements (either as links or pop-ups) automatically. These advertisements may include unsafe content in addition to the usual advertising hooks.
Malware.QVM06.Gen may be a Trojan downloader that installs additional threats automatically.
Malware.QVM06.Gen may be a variant of the Artemis Trojan, which may hijack Web browsers and create a backdoor vulnerability that could let third parties take over your PC.

Uninstalling the Installer that Had a Trojan Surprise for You

Despite a multitude of variants in its disguises, Malware.QVM06.Gen may be found as an installer for applications distributed via torrents and other third-party sources. Traditionally, malware researchers recommend procuring any applications from direct, official sources, which prevents potential installers for PUPs and threats like Malware.QVM06.Gen, from taking advantage of the ever-present need for new software. When that's impossible, many anti-malware products have reasonable detection rates for most, if not all variants of Malware.QVM06.Gen.

Based on the statistics for its past payloads, malware experts estimate that Malware.QVM06.Gen is just as likely to introduce high-level PC threats as Malware.QVM06.Gen is to install trivial ones like adware. You should scan PCs exposed to Malware.QVM06.Gen with anti-malware products that can detect threats, even when there are no symptoms of attacks. Threatening software that have links to some Malware.QVM06.Gen variants are unlikely to display significant symptoms, and preventative security measures remain the simplest way to protect your computer from any compromises that might occur.

Malware.QVM06.Gen

Threat Metric

When a Threat Tells You How to Surf the Web

Uninstalling the Installer that Had a Trojan Surprise for You

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