Antivirus Golden
Posted: September 12, 2006
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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.
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: | 9/10 |
|---|---|
| Infected PCs: | 5 |
| First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
|---|---|
| Last Seen: | December 12, 2018 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Antivirus Golden is a fake anti-spyware program that is often downloaded and installed by a Trojan or through browser security holes. Antivirus Golden launches on Windows startup and may generate large numbers of popup adverts. Antivirus Golden will also display notifications of imaginary security risks in its attempts to get the user to purchase the full version. Antivirus Golden program can be extremely difficult to remove manually, and will continue to try to recreate itself. It is believed that Antivirus Golden is a derivative of SpywareQuake and SpyHeal.
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:Antivirusgolden 4.0.exe
File name: Antivirusgolden 4.0.exeSize: 1.95 MB (1953792 bytes)
MD5: cf5a5c661b9cb6fce5cc92ac6f906c16
Detection count: 77
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
Antivirusgold 4.1.exe
File name: Antivirusgold 4.1.exeSize: 1.99 MB (1994752 bytes)
MD5: 43285e38f15090960a3ff09ff2a5803a
Detection count: 32
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
Antivirus-Golden.exe
File name: Antivirus-Golden.exeSize: 2.27 MB (2273280 bytes)
MD5: 03b478b848cea9282dc964dfd10ee8e0
Detection count: 24
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
Antivirusgolden 3.8.exe
File name: Antivirusgolden 3.8.exeSize: 2.08 MB (2080768 bytes)
MD5: 2ff9e315a9b6d340b2daa6e4ee8d03d6
Detection count: 23
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
AntivirusGolden.exe
File name: AntivirusGolden.exeSize: 2.27 MB (2273280 bytes)
MD5: 471977806c4ceba71cbe040885b200a8
Detection count: 12
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
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antivirusgolden
do we have to register for spyhunter
kevin ho,
It depends on what you want to do. If you want to have a Full SpyHunter version, then you'll have to register for SpyHunter. If you want to remove the infection manually and you want to know what infected files you have to remove, then you can download our Free SpyHunter version, which will only scan and show the infected files, but will not remove them. Afterwards, you may boot your computer in Safe Mode and delete the infected files manually.