BrowserModifier.Xupiter
Posted: January 18, 2010
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.
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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 |
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Infected PCs: | 56 |
First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
BrowserModifier.Xupiter is a malicious adware program which modifies your browser settings and changes things without your permission. BrowserModifier.Xupiter can hide itself in the background, making detection extremely difficult. BrowserModifier.Xupiter may also steal personal information stored in files while downloading other malicious files onto the system. Other symptoms include annoying advertisements and popups attempting to sell rogue software. Do not give BrowserModifier.Xupiter the leeway to wreak havoc on your system and have it removed immediately.
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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:update.exe
File name: update.exeSize: 32.76 KB (32768 bytes)
MD5: 029a9f1eeefdfa87f4fa91d5c743e7b2
Detection count: 51
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
uc.exe
File name: uc.exeSize: 32.76 KB (32768 bytes)
MD5: af1b82ef2b8f4e1d272433a109421aea
Detection count: 16
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
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