AlfaAntivirus
Posted: February 7, 2008
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: | 23 |
First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
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Last Seen: | January 9, 2019 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
AlfaAntivirus is both fake antivirus program and Trojan combination that may install itself through other Trojan applications or through browser security exploits. AlfaAntivirus starts on every Windows startup and may issue excessive popup advertisements. AlfaAntivirus pops up fake security alerts on your taskbar in order to trick you into purchasing their software. This program can be extremely difficult to remove manually, and will continue to try to recreate itself. The Trojan affiliated with this rogue may also import a large number of additional Trojans.
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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:runbst.exe
File name: runbst.exeSize: 1.97 MB (1978368 bytes)
MD5: f3917956d05c94a52d18fad795d31813
Detection count: 64
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
gtb.dll
File name: gtb.dllSize: 159.74 KB (159744 bytes)
MD5: e15ba9b32208c14c7b15fc6b1c2384e9
Detection count: 45
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
Thank you so very much for exposing this scam. With your instructions I was finally able to delete all of it files. I never installed Alpha Antivirus and it was telling me that I had 42 faults. I knew it was a lie. The only problem I was having came from the Alpha Antivirus. Again thank you.