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Posted: September 23, 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.

Ranking:	5,545
Threat Level:	1/10
Infected PCs:	8,204

First Seen:	September 14, 2015
Last Seen:	October 17, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Note-Up is adware that you may deem annoying because it inserts commercial materials in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. We cannot say that this tiny application doesn't offer any positive feature at all. It is promoted as an event-reminder, which should keep you informed of all of your appointments. The problem is that the benefits of this function are very limited. Even the integrated Windows Calendar offers you the same, so there is no point in downloading a third-party program for this purpose. Not all distribution mechanisms of Note-Up provide all the details of this adware. It is true that you may download if freely from the official page, which is note-up.com, but the questionable tool also may get access to your PC in software bundles. This fact means that its presence may be unwanted because the frequently chosen "Quick" installation method may not inform you properly that there are additional components. No matter how Note-Up arrives exactly, it always creates an add-on in all of your web clients simultaneously. These extensions may allow Note-Up to change the configuration. It may replace your default homepage with some low-quality search engine. You should not trust it because it may try to boost the traffic towards sponsored pages, some of which may not meet your search criteria. The same is the function of the numerous pop-ups, banners and interstitial ads, which Note-Up may place on the sites you visit. Many people find these commercial materials to be irritating. However, the greatest risk is that they may transfer you to unsafe sites, so you should consider using a professional anti-malware application to delete Note-Up.

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:\Program Files (x86)\Note-up\Note-up.exe

File name: Note-up.exe
Size: 6.77 MB (6772736 bytes)
MD5: 07cdbcd2122577053874ecc640e111c7
Detection count: 473
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Note-up\Note-up.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 18, 2023

%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\nseEB7C.tmp

File name: nseEB7C.tmp
Size: 2.46 MB (2467898 bytes)
MD5: 50d4bb588972836a55499c0f3ddc30e7
Detection count: 5
File type: Temporary File
Mime Type: unknown/tmp
Path: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\nseEB7C.tmp
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 5, 2021

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

File name without pathNote-Up.lnkHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Note-upSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Note-upHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}Note-upNUIns

Additional Information

The following directories were created:

%APPDATA%\NUIns%APPDATA%\Note-UP%PROGRAMFILES%\Note-up%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Note-up