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Posted: November 20, 2014
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.
Ranking: | 14,842 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 27,606 |
First Seen: | November 20, 2014 |
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Last Seen: | August 14, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Cheapster browser extension is published by Koyote-Lab, Inc as a tool to enhance your online shopping experience. Cheapster is ad-supported and is considered as adware because it piles many ads and pop-ups over the web browser surface. Cheapster is available as a stand-alone installer, and it is known to accompany freeware across the web. Cheapster may impair online activity of users, and as part of the web browser, it may track your history to place products that are more likely to be purchased by you. Ads by Cheapster may not be welcomed, and users might want to remove it from their system.
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:%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Cheapster\msilnk.exe
File name: msilnk.exeSize: 288.76 KB (288768 bytes)
MD5: 8b475670a043f061d7edad38aed124d1
Detection count: 10,518
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Cheapster\msilnk.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 12, 2023
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Cheapster\msilnk64.exe
File name: msilnk64.exeSize: 318.46 KB (318464 bytes)
MD5: b769459be61c813d433e9f01964c3539
Detection count: 6,178
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Cheapster\msilnk64.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 12, 2023
C:\Program Files\Cheapster\msilnk.exe
File name: msilnk.exeSize: 288.76 KB (288768 bytes)
MD5: 6ae83a955e3aa8bb8305ca6498df54d1
Detection count: 4,705
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files\Cheapster\msilnk.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 5, 2022
C:\Program Files\Cheapster\CheapsterUninst.exe
File name: CheapsterUninst.exeSize: 152.12 KB (152121 bytes)
MD5: bbd44e5c16879f6ea7edf6dd11b87d7f
Detection count: 557
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files\Cheapster\CheapsterUninst.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 12, 2023
%PROGRAMFILES%\Cheapster\msilnk.exe
File name: msilnk.exeSize: 288.76 KB (288768 bytes)
MD5: e3031a8e1053f3c9b539187eba62ffef
Detection count: 80
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Cheapster
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 31, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Cheapster\msilnk.exe
File name: msilnk.exeSize: 330.24 KB (330240 bytes)
MD5: c5d5020ecb30a9cbde41099121aee079
Detection count: 28
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Cheapster
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 31, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Cheapster\msilnk64.exe
File name: msilnk64.exeSize: 359.42 KB (359424 bytes)
MD5: 81d25689105e1f415dfdd57016a8ffb3
Detection count: 28
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Cheapster
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 31, 2016
Registry Modifications
HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\CheapsterSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\CheapsterSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Cheapsterx64SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\CheapsterHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}Cheapster_ChromeCheapster_FF
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