Razor Web Ads
Posted: May 29, 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.
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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.
Ranking: | 12,433 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 1,197 |
First Seen: | May 28, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | October 1, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Razor Web advertisements are a symptom of adware programs that may modify your browser's Web pages by forcing them to host extra advertising content. Razor syntax-based Web pages aren't always threatening, but, when they appear as a result of adware, they may cause a variety of minor issues for your PC. These symptoms may range from being unable to see a website's default content to being exposed to threatening content from the Razor Web. Traditional anti-adware solutions should be able to remove Razor Web by deleting the adware that loads its advertisements into your browser.
The Cutting Edge of Web Advertisements
Razor Web advertisements are loaded via Razor Syntax, an alternative to ASP.NET-based Web content. Because this material is light, easy to program and dynamic, some Web developers favor it as a means of delivering advanced e-content. Unfortunately, that content also may include potentially threatening adware advertisements, such as those seen in the self-identified Razor Web advertisements.
Malware researchers have seen recent incidents of non-consensual Razor Web advertisements in May of 2015 with the delivery vehicle an as-of-yet unidentified adware program. The format favored by the adware developer utilized an advertisement 'hijacking' technique, which allowed Razor Web to replace the default advertisement content of the affected Web pages. This HTML injection form may modify the browser's Web pages while they load and is unassociated with the underlying websites (which you may view as per normal from any unaffected system).
Adware products unscrupulous enough to hijack advertising traffic also may be a source of other problems of more direct concern to the safety of your PC. Problems that malware experts could link to a possible installation of Razor Web Ads adware may include:
- Being redirected to undesirable or corrupted websites.
- Suffering from exposure to online tactics, such as fake technical support offers, embedded in Razor Web.
- Worsened website loading times, general browser instability or problems with accessing the content that may be blocked by injected Razor Web.
Dulling the Sting of Razor Web
You can best note Razor Web advertisements as abusive excesses of an otherwise safe and viable platform for Web development, and rarely are symptomatic of a threat infection. Despite that silver lining, adware products using Razor Web that install themselves automatically may be caused by the attacks of threats, along with general, unsafe file downloading habits. Regular anti-malware scans and a bare minimum level of caution about which browser add-ons you install can offer the most upfront protection from Razor Web advertisements appearing on your browser spontaneously.
If Razor Web advertisements already are being injected into your browser, restart your PC and use the Safe Mode boot option to disable any extraneous software. Scanning your PC with anti-adware products (or security products including anti-adware features) should be the only extra step needed to delete the adware responsible for creating Razor Web advertisements. However, an open Web browser is an easy way to prevent an essential add-on file from being removed. To compensate for this, malware analysts would encourage keeping your browser closed until your scans fail to turn up any new results.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\razorwebSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\razorwebSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Service Mgr razorwebSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Update Mgr razorwebSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\Service Mgr razorwebSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\Update Mgr razorwebSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Service Mgr razorwebSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Update Mgr razorwebHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}Razor Web
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