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Posted: June 11, 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: | 9,649 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 7,520 |
First Seen: | June 12, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | October 11, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
WordShark is one of those annoying pieces of adware that overloads your web browsers with advertising materials. Computer Security experts warn users to stay focused when installing freeware or shareware as adware tends to travel bundled with it. Also, once your computer has been infected with WordShark, you may see ads by WordShark on each page you visit. Computer security experts explain that ads by WordShark may consume your PC's resources and make it run slower. It is also not recommended to click on ads by WordShark as you may be redirected to third-party websites and thus generate web traffic for them. Sometimes you may be redirected to questionable websites or ones that promote dubious applications. If you check the official website at wordshark.com, you will see that this is a marketing services domain that is most likely using questionable marketing methods to gain popularity.
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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:\windows\system32\drivers\wsfd_1_10_0_19.sys
File name: wsfd_1_10_0_19.sysSize: 61.31 KB (61312 bytes)
MD5: 724a427bfbbd6bd9f202ad029bc777bb
Detection count: 105
File type: System file
Mime Type: unknown/sys
Path: c:\windows\system32\drivers\wsfd_1_10_0_19.sys
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 2, 2022
c:\windows\system32\drivers\wsfd_1_10_0_17.sys
File name: wsfd_1_10_0_17.sysSize: 58.24 KB (58240 bytes)
MD5: 137735d9e7152efda4ec3b6ec72d7272
Detection count: 59
File type: System file
Mime Type: unknown/sys
Path: c:\windows\system32\drivers\wsfd_1_10_0_17.sys
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 15, 2022
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\c01e86d4-4bc5-4458-8483-f986a92e0aa9\wordshark-setup-1.10.0.20.exe
File name: wordshark-setup-1.10.0.20.exeSize: 1.18 MB (1185896 bytes)
MD5: dc2873b56986e04545409d3149f58939
Detection count: 28
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\c01e86d4-4bc5-4458-8483-f986a92e0aa9\wordshark-setup-1.10.0.20.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 9, 2023
setup.exe
File name: setup.exeSize: 1.14 MB (1141456 bytes)
MD5: fec919904ca57b54358629294841ad04
Detection count: 14
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 15, 2022
Registry Modifications
Regexp file mask%WINDIR%\system32\Drivers\wsfd_1_10_0_[RANDOM CHARACTERS].sys%WINDIR%\system32\Drivers\wsfd_[RANDOM CHARACTERS]_1_10_0_[RANDOM CHARACTERS].sys%WINDIR%\system32\Drivers\wsfd_vt_1_10_0_[RANDOM CHARACTERS].sys%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\WordShark Auto Updater[RANDOM CHARACTERS]HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\WordSharkAutoUpdateClient_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\WordSharkAutoUpdateClient_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\WordSharkAutoUpdateClient_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\WordSharkAutoUpdateClient_RASMANCSSYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_WSFD_1_10_0_17SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Enum\Root\LEGACY_WSFD_1_10_0_17SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_WSFD_1_10_0_17
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