Adware.HandyInstaller
Posted: October 28, 2013
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: | 13,350 |
---|---|
Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 13,418 |
First Seen: | October 28, 2013 |
---|---|
Last Seen: | September 8, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Adware.HandyInstaller is adware that may display random advertisements and messages or the ones based on surfing routine of the PC user. The pop-up ads of Adware.HandyInstaller may be shown in a new tab page on Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome Web browsers of the computer system, which may probably be corrupted by this adware or other potentially unwanted programs (PUPs). The Adware.HandyInstaller pop-up ads may be shown regardless of the Web browser or search service, and if a computer user sees pop-up advertisements of Adware.HandyInstaller whenever he is searching online in any well-known search provider or is visiting a questionable website or a legitimate website, which has been hijacked, then the computer system may be contaminated with adware or other security threats. Adware.HandyInstaller may embed an ad-supported Web browser extension, add-on or plug-in in Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome that may show messages, banners and pop-up advertisements on the screen of the computer.
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:\Program Files\HandyUpdater\HandyUpdater.exe
File name: HandyUpdater.exeSize: 370.17 KB (370176 bytes)
MD5: 1ee948b83cd86a0aed21816c5db88f27
Detection count: 10,537
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files\HandyUpdater\HandyUpdater.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 20, 2022
C:\Program Files\HandyUpdater\HUpdater.exe
File name: HUpdater.exeSize: 370.17 KB (370176 bytes)
MD5: 57ab3583c9ad524563781309f1ded768
Detection count: 766
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files\HandyUpdater\HUpdater.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 26, 2020
Registry Modifications
HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\HandyInstallerSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Handy UpdaterSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\HandyInstaller
Leave a Reply
Please note that we are not able to assist with billing and support issues regarding SpyHunter or other products. If you're having issues with SpyHunter, please get in touch with SpyHunter customer support through your SpyHunter . If you have SpyHunter billing questions, we recommend you check the Billing FAQ. For general suggestions or feedback, contact us.