Adware Remover
Posted: January 27, 2009
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: | 10/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 73 |
First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Adware Remover is a fake anti-spyware program that promotes the sell of the full Adware Remover program. Adware Remover and the Trojan that may have installed Adware Remover popup up alerts and system notices that usually say your computer is infected with some type of parasite or spyware. This is used as a scare tactic to get you to purchase Adware Remover which is ultimately a waste of money.
Adware Remover is known to come from malicious sources over the internet while it is was found that Adware Remover can be automatically installed in some cases from the download of a fake video codec which infects your computer with a Trojan such as Zlob. Adware Remover should be detected and removed with a good spyware remover application that is reputable.
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:helper.dll
File name: helper.dllSize: 356.35 KB (356352 bytes)
MD5: 1c96df0985d569010957f4b1eed82cff
Detection count: 20
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
adwareremover.exe
File name: adwareremover.exeSize: 1.84 MB (1847296 bytes)
MD5: dbbbacc6510544621956a8c2c91ff703
Detection count: 14
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
spydb.exe
File name: spydb.exeSize: 142.09 KB (142093 bytes)
MD5: 5512828daf37237db5e24ded6e30ab30
Detection count: 11
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
AdwareRemover[1].exe
File name: AdwareRemover[1].exeSize: 521 KB (521008 bytes)
MD5: cd14aed5cbf3672f0cd56188307d9512
Detection count: 10
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
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