Malware Cleaner
Posted: April 21, 2009
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.
Threat Level: | 10/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 87 |
First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Malware Cleaner, also known as MalwareCleaner, is a rogue anti-spyware program known to usually infect computers through Trojans bundled in fake video codec downloads. You may also have downloaded Malware Cleaner's 60 day trial version from a malicious website thinking it would get rid of your spyware issues.
Once MalwareCleaner is installed, it will issue fake popups and system notification messages stating that your computer system is flooded with spyware. Malware Cleaner also displays a window that steals the interface from Microsoft's Windows Security Center. All the links from the fake "Windows Security Center" window point to Malware Cleaner's homepage.
In order to remove these imaginary threats, Malware Cleaner will offer its "licensed" version. All links provided by Malware Cleaner will most likely redirect you to Malware Cleaner's website or other corrupt websites that distribute Malware Cleaner as a legitimate software. Moreover, Malware Cleaner is able to emulate a computer system scan and display a list of spyware infections as a result.
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:571613.exe
File name: 571613.exeSize: 1.92 MB (1921024 bytes)
MD5: 777a68953b279038397f9a94f3e0164d
Detection count: 99
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
mc_office[1].exe
File name: mc_office[1].exeSize: 1.93 MB (1931264 bytes)
MD5: 2eddc4478d621b84cd7414360932f305
Detection count: 51
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
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