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Posted: November 17, 2015

Threat Metric

The Threat Meter is a malware assessment that SpywareRemove.com's research team is able to give every identifiable malware threat. Our Threat Meter includes several criteria based off of specific malware threats to value their severity, reach and volume. The Threat Meter is able to give you a numerical breakdown of each threat's initial Threat Level, Detection Count, Volume Count, Trend Path and Percentage Impact. The overall ranking of each threat in the Threat Meter is a basic breakdown of how all threats are ranked within our own extensive malware database. The scoring for each specific malware threat can be easily compared to other emerging threats to draw a contrast in its particular severity. The Threat Meter is a useful tool in the endeavor of seeking a solution to remove a threat or pursue additional analytical research for all types of computer users.

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:	2/10
Infected PCs:	28

First Seen:	October 24, 2015
Last Seen:	November 28, 2021
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

iStreamLite by XDisc Corp Ltd is freeware that offers you the chance to download various streaming videos. On first glance, this application may seem handy and useful because the majority of streaming platforms may not allow the viewers to download their content. However, security specialists don't encourage you to install iStreamLite because it may interfere with your browser in a way that may cause you inconvenience. This software is ad-supported, so it may create various pop-ups, banners and interstitial ads. While nothing can guarantee that iStreamLite will indeed allow you to save the videos to your hard disk without errors, you may encounter listed commercial materials in most webpages

The main purpose of these marketing elements is to generate a steady traffic towards third-party partner sites, and for it XDisc Corp Ltd gains referral commissions. This process is not unique as all online ads serve in the same manner. The difference is that the ads by iStreamLite may not be reliable. Rarely do the developers of adware check the websites carefully before including them in the partner network. As a result, clicking on the ads by iStreamLite may transfer you to potentially harmful sites. Other problems that this questionable application may create concern to the functionality of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. While the intentions of XDisc Corp Ltd are not to slow the operating speed or cause random freezes, the presence of multimedia elements may achieve exactly such issues. iStreamLite doesn't rely solely on direct downloads to reach the PCs of its clients. It also may enter in a set with freeware, which is the popular 'bundling' method. If you listen to the experts and decide to remove iStreamLite from the system, you should use credible security software.

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:

C:\Users\<username>\appdata\roaming\istreamlite\iStreamLite.exe

File name: C:\Users\<username>\appdata\roaming\istreamlite\iStreamLite.exe
MD5: 136900e4cc202bbf02fba129c0c6489d
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file

istream_lite_silent_updater.exe

File name: istream_lite_silent_updater.exe
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file

"C:\Users\<username>\appdata\Roaming\iStreamLite\uninstall.exe"

File name: "C:\Users\<username>\appdata\Roaming\iStreamLite\uninstall.exe"
Mime Type: unknown/exe"
Group: Malware file

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\iStreamLiteSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\iStreamLite

Additional Information

The following directories were created:

%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\iStreamLite%APPDATA%\iStreamLite