4zip
Posted: December 16, 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.
Threat Level: | 1/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 33 |
First Seen: | December 16, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | July 14, 2021 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
4zip is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that you should not install. Its name is intentionally similar to 7zip to make the PC users assume it is legit. However, 4zip may not be a reliable application for manipulating of archived files like 7zip. The PUP may not perform as the clients expect. You may encounter various glitches or errors. Another negative aspect of 4zip concerns its distribution. In the majority of cases, this questionable application may enter due to a method that the experts call bundling. If you download any freeware from unreliable platforms, it may attempt to deploy additional components like 4zip without informing you properly. Fortunately, the 'Advanced' menu may let you unmark the checkboxes of unwanted programs manually. 4zip is ad-supported, which means that 4zip may generate all kinds of online ads. The PUP may place them on various sites. The unreliable application may corrupt all present Web clients, including Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. The commercial materials that you may notice may come in different shapes. You may be bothered by persistent pop-ups, eye-catching banners, transitional ads or hyperlinked words. The deals and coupons that 4zip may show may not be selected randomly. The PUP may have access to some non-personally identifiable information regarding your surfing habits, including your overall history and the list of recent searches. As a result, the content that 4zip injects may draw your attention. The experts encourage you to be extremely careful if you decide to click on the ads. It is even wiser to ignore them completely because some of the links may transfer you to potentially threatening parts of the Web. This PUP may trouble the performance of your browsers or the entire PC because 4zip may use much of the available resources. You may experience annoying speed drops or freezes. You should proceed with an in-depth system scan with a reliable security utility to delete 4zip.
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:\Users\<username>\Downloads\MacOS\OSX\Nova pasta\4zip.exe
File name: 4zip.exeSize: 3.26 MB (3266384 bytes)
MD5: ab1b0543d4c514496f9f3aeb10885d21
Detection count: 7
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\Downloads\MacOS\OSX\Nova pasta\4zip.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 17, 2022
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