Adware Punisher
Posted: March 28, 2006
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: | 2/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 12 |
First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
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Last Seen: | January 23, 2022 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Adware Punisher is a rogue anti-spyware application. Adware Punisher may note harmless software as threats in an attempt to have you purchase Adware Punisher's full version to remove these harmless programs. Adware Punisher may also automatically set itself to launch at your computer's startup and scan your computer. Adware Punisher may be knowingly downloaded and installed by users, and it may be installed without permission through browser exploits.
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:adwarepunisher_monitor.exe
File name: adwarepunisher_monitor.exeSize: 458.75 KB (458752 bytes)
MD5: 666fd9f6ad1a5abe9eac1bafda75c7d1
Detection count: 42
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
adwarepunisher_monitor.dll
File name: adwarepunisher_monitor.dllSize: 265.21 KB (265216 bytes)
MD5: 398ac06c3ab136c801dad9688938798a
Detection count: 37
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
adwarepunisher.exe
File name: adwarepunisher.exeSize: 928.76 KB (928768 bytes)
MD5: 11fbc5b31ae50bd47aa9e42aab33fecf
Detection count: 33
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
BitReader.dll
File name: BitReader.dllSize: 53.24 KB (53248 bytes)
MD5: 2de05f6d3f636bbc6ee25c8de0083861
Detection count: 32
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
adwarepunisher.dll
File name: adwarepunisher.dllSize: 3.88 MB (3889664 bytes)
MD5: 9fd4e0f23c600abb7d73d72970bdd19b
Detection count: 26
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
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