Adware.SavingsMagnet
Posted: April 4, 2013
Threat Metric
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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 |
|---|---|
| Infected PCs: | 356 |
| First Seen: | April 4, 2013 |
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| Last Seen: | January 1, 2024 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Savings Magnet is an adware application that displays coupon offers and pop-up advertisements on numerous websites. Savings Magnet enters into vulnerable computer systems bundled with free applications. Savings Magnet is downloaded to targeted PCs automatically, unless PC users deselect an option to download Savings Magnet while installing a desired program. It is a very popular way for third parties to advertise their software products this way as PC users are urged to check these applications out. Although Savings Magnet can offer some useful coupons and discounts for computer users, usually it makes them get annoyed by a large amount of pop-up ads displayed. These ads may redirect PC users to some hijacked websites where web users can get their computer systems affected with malware infections. Savings Magnet adware is an unwanted application, which needs to be removed with a decent anti-malware tool.
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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:%APPDATA%\9C42.exe
File name: 9C42.exeSize: 8.17 KB (8176 bytes)
MD5: 6a684ad5f28e71df28494f1eb63f764f
Detection count: 33
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 8, 2013
SavingsMagnet.exe
File name: SavingsMagnet.exeSize: 290.58 KB (290584 bytes)
MD5: ae3c6367ab3a7911df6ce5941757a9ea
Detection count: 11
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 4, 2013
Savings Magnet.exe
File name: Savings Magnet.exeSize: 981.89 KB (981896 bytes)
MD5: 05dc0b6fc1c85a18bd37cd9643f11016
Detection count: 10
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 11, 2013
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Intel0\mwvaztybt.exe
File name: mwvaztybt.exeSize: 1.22 MB (1221264 bytes)
MD5: 45d461260f149a4c7b2f7272fcaa5e7c
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Intel0
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 10, 2013
%TEMP%\winggom.cnc
File name: winggom.cncSize: 435.22 KB (435224 bytes)
MD5: d342df7e876727bdea0b0ff99ddcc370
Detection count: 5
Mime Type: unknown/cnc
Path: %TEMP%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 8, 2013
Registry Modifications
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}{F16247B8-CD07-40C4-8C96-FC2568G29E8F}}_is1
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