Newzio

Posted: December 10, 2013

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:	4,078

First Seen:	December 10, 2013
Last Seen:	January 10, 2019
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Newzio is an adware program that loads advertising content into your browser. Although, if Newzio is installed ordinarily, Newzio shouldn't be much of a danger to your PC, Newzio has a history of being installed with other PUPs and threats that may interfere with your Web-browsing settings and sound settings. Like all adware, Newzio also is a prospective security issue due to the potential for its loading advertisements with compromised content, and also may have a negative effect on Web-browsing performance. With so many downsides and so little upsides as counterweights, malware researchers see no issues in recommend deleting Newzio as the habitual reaction to seeing its advertisements in your browser.

Newzio: the News is 'More Advertisements for Your Web Browser'

The enormous profits of adware programs, combined with their general undesirability from the user's point of view, makes the development of new adware-based browser add-ons a bustling industry. While this industry isn't as harmful as, for example, the banking Trojan industry, it does result in new adware like Newzio, which has no benefits to your browsing experience but does provide various negatives. Recent Newzio installations usually are paired with other adware products, such as LiveLyrics. Newzio usually isn't installed through consensual downloads but may be bundled with other programs or, in the worst cases, installed by actual threats, such as the Zlob Trojan downloader.

Newzio makes changes to your browser that allow Newzio to display advertisements in unrelated sites and separate pop-up windows, with Chrome and Firefox being the most likely to be modified (although similar adware programs also are compatible with Internet Explorer and Safari). Many PC users also report issues with Master Volume controls and unusual behavior from their browser's memory processes, both of which may be indicative of Trojans supporting Newzio's advertising campaign. By itself, Newzio only should be threatening for its ability to load unsafe Web content by accident in lieu of normal advertisements.

Turning a Newzio Browser Bug into a Browser Zero

Since malware experts regularly observe adware programs unwittingly distributing PC threats including drive-by-downloads and phishing attacks, removing Newzio from your PC obviously is a safer course of action than letting Newzio stay installed. Despite not being classified as a formal threat, Newzio still can be removed by appropriately comprehensive anti-malware tools. Using other means of uninstalling Newzio does run some risks that may continue to keep your computer vulnerable to future attacks, and this especially is true if you see any other symptoms of potentially threatening activity.

Malicious advertisements frequently still rely on their viewers being gullible enough to interact with them intentionally. Never give personal information to entities promoted through Newzio advertisements, never install software from a Newzio advertisement and never trust suspicious alerts from Newzio advertisements and your PC should be reasonably protected from all of the most obvious hazards. Good anti-malware software can pick up the slack from there.

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)%\Newzio 1.4\Uninstall.exe

File name: Uninstall.exe
Size: 164.29 KB (164296 bytes)
MD5: c44806bd2bb5219339286623072f9242
Detection count: 904
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Newzio 1.4
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 26, 2014

%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Newzio 1.3\Newzio 1.3-codedownloader.exe

File name: Newzio 1.3-codedownloader.exe
Size: 492.48 KB (492488 bytes)
MD5: 36c226b30ca33ebc3a41e1f66d1a85e6
Detection count: 475
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Newzio 1.3
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 26, 2014

%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Newzio 1.3\Newzio 1.3-enabler.exe

File name: Newzio 1.3-enabler.exe
Size: 351.68 KB (351688 bytes)
MD5: 71c0c7ab6e74a66801ec6d110de8a038
Detection count: 459
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Newzio 1.3
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 26, 2014

%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Newzio 1.3\Newzio 1.3-updater.exe

File name: Newzio 1.3-updater.exe
Size: 368.58 KB (368584 bytes)
MD5: 471cc0a31438b07b4df4c60a2dc98071
Detection count: 450
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Newzio 1.3
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 26, 2014

%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Newzio 1.3\Newzio 1.3-bho64.dll

File name: Newzio 1.3-bho64.dll
Size: 945.6 KB (945608 bytes)
MD5: 1843643e02e3ffe50f8f3dcd79f54f9c
Detection count: 433
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Newzio 1.3
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 26, 2014

%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Newzio 1.3\Newzio 1.3-firefoxinstaller.exe

File name: Newzio 1.3-firefoxinstaller.exe
Size: 728 KB (728008 bytes)
MD5: b8957f75a4363f4df7ff7e29fca2570b
Detection count: 372
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Newzio 1.3
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 26, 2014

%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\newzio 1.3\newzio 1.3-bg.exe

File name: newzio 1.3-bg.exe
Size: 743.36 KB (743368 bytes)
MD5: 80399b418a05939a95c09020d3edde2a
Detection count: 14
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\newzio 1.3
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 26, 2014

%PROGRAMFILES%\Newzio 1.4\Newzio 1.4-updater.exe

File name: Newzio 1.4-updater.exe
Size: 358.85 KB (358856 bytes)
MD5: a32bece2e745da7d3fc74c6214041cb4
Detection count: 12
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Newzio 1.4
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 26, 2014

%PROGRAMFILES%\Newzio 1.3\Newzio 1.3-bho.dll

File name: Newzio 1.3-bho.dll
Size: 603.59 KB (603592 bytes)
MD5: c7c3b5c40c2c25ef0a735d1fbb322a3f
Detection count: 5
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Newzio 1.3
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 26, 2014

%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Newzio 1.4\Newzio 1.4-enabler.exe

File name: Newzio 1.4-enabler.exe
Size: 343.49 KB (343496 bytes)
MD5: b8362b5269dd56d0481f38304f0a609b
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Newzio 1.4
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 26, 2014

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Additional Information

The following directories were created:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\jbogkepflpddaihhohicpncmfhaeapln%PROGRAMFILES%\Newzio 1.3%PROGRAMFILES%\Newzio 1.4%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Newzio 1.3%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Newzio 1.4