Backdoor.KeyStart
Posted: March 2, 2009
Threat Metric
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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.
Threat Level: | 8/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 18 |
First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Backdoor.KeyStart is a Trojan program that has the ability to download and install other malware or dangerous spyware applications. Backdoor.KeyStart or KeyStart may display a number of popup messages or notifications that appear to be system alerts with bogus information. Backdoor.KeyStart is a serious threat to stored personal data such as credit card information or other confidential records stored on your hard drive. Backdoor.KeyStart should be detected and removed with a spyware scan tool to avoid any further damage to your computer.
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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:85f4.tmp
File name: 85f4.tmpSize: 167.93 KB (167936 bytes)
MD5: 095d4850b6f85c3756316f9e47a83aab
Detection count: 95
File type: Temporary File
Mime Type: unknown/tmp
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
d0c4.tmp
File name: d0c4.tmpSize: 72.7 KB (72704 bytes)
MD5: 9859a2a36eba621899e2fba741a5400b
Detection count: 56
File type: Temporary File
Mime Type: unknown/tmp
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
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