Smartinf.ru
Posted: June 5, 2015
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.
Ranking: | 3,229 |
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Threat Level: | 5/10 |
Infected PCs: | 96,520 |
First Seen: | June 5, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | October 16, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Smartinf.ru is designed as a homepage for Russian-speaking users. Smartinf.ru has links to popular services like Yandex Mail, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest. Smartinf.ru may include news from your vicinity and provide content from news outlets like Sputniknews.com, Themoscowtimes.com and Rt.com. However, the Smartinf.ru page is associated with a browser hijacker that is deployed to users via freeware packages globally. Moreover, the Smartinf.ru is not trusted and is blacklisted by most Web filters among which are Google Safe Browsing, Mozilla Phishing Protection and Cisco Cloud Web Security. The 185.50.24.124 IP address of Smartinf.ru is related to the Infinity Exploit Kit.
The browser hijacker at hand is programmed to change the user's start page to Smartinf.ru and the functionality of the address bar, the Omnibar and the search bar of browsers like Google Chrome, Opera, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. The Smartinf.ru browser hijacker may redirect users to affiliated pages, promotional materials and phishing portals. The links on Smartinf.ru may lead users to download potentially hazardous software like FixPCOptimizer and CpuMiner. The Smartinf.ru browser hijacker may slow down your Internet client, and open new tabs with vouchers and offers from untrusted merchants when you look at items on Amazon, Best Buy and Walmart. The Smartinf.ru browser hijacker may be listed in the Windows Task Manager as a browser service, and run as long as your PC is turned on. Security researchers note that the Smartinf.ru browser hijacker may have made modifications to the group policy of your Windows OS and hide its files from third-party applications and manual removal. Computer users are advised to seek the help of a trusted anti-malware tool to eradicate the Smartinf.ru browser hijacker and secure their machines.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
File name without pathhttp_smartinf.ru_0.localstoragehttp_smartinf.ru_0.localstorage-journalHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Microsoft\favorites\2inf_favoritesSoftware\Microsoft\hsetSOFTWARE\Microsoft\pinnedtabs\2inf_pinnedtabsSoftware\Microsoft\shortcutmakerSOFTWARE\Microsoft\shortcutmaker\2inf_iconSOFTWARE\Microsoft\shortcutmaker\2inf_launchSoftware\Microsoft\speeddialmakerSoftware\Microsoft\StartlinkSoftware\Microsoft\Startlink\2inf_startlinkSOFTWARE\Microsoft\startpage\2inf_startpageSoftware\Microsoft\uouaPluginSoftware\speeddialmaker
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