PANDAViewer
Posted: April 6, 2017
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: | 6,521 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 123,735 |
First Seen: | April 6, 2017 |
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Last Seen: | October 15, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
PANDAViewer is an image-viewing utility, which is advertised as a tool that will enhance the user's ability to view images by providing them with convenient access to various tools that would allow them to rotate, edit, share, and view images quicker than ever before. While this may sound promising, you should keep in mind that malware researchers have tagged PANDAViewer as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP), and this is not a mistake. The installation of this software is known to bring unforeseen changes to the configuration of popular Web browsers by, for example, replacing their default homepage and new tab page with a 3rd-party website found at Search.pandaviewer.com.
Changes of this sort are not unsafe so that you should not be too worried about them. However, it is undoubted that they can be rather annoying since they force you to use a website that you are not used to. The current situation with Search.pandaviewer.com is absolutely safe, and this website does provide reliable search results by redirecting search queries to Google.com.
If you have added the PANDAViewer application and you are happy with what it has to offer, then feel free to continue using it. However, if you do not wish to keep using software that applies changes to your browser's settings, then we would advise you to consider removing PANDAViewer as soon as possible. The removal of non-threatening programs like this one can be completed both manually and with the assistance of a reputable PC security utility.
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:dir\panda_imageviewer.exe
File name: panda_imageviewer.exeSize: 3.37 MB (3379008 bytes)
MD5: 13e19c0576f2188c022461a557208eab
Detection count: 51
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: dir
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 19, 2019
Registry Modifications
File name without pathPandaViewer.lnkpandaviewer[1].xmlHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Classes\PANDAViewer.bmpSOFTWARE\Classes\PANDAViewer.gifSOFTWARE\Classes\PandaViewer.icoSOFTWARE\Classes\PANDAViewer.jpegSOFTWARE\Classes\PANDAViewer.jpgSOFTWARE\Classes\PANDAViewer.pngSOFTWARE\Classes\PANDAViewer.tifSoftware\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage\pandaviewer.comSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.bmp\OpenWithProgids\PANDAViewer.bmpSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.gif\OpenWithProgids\PANDAViewer.gifSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.ico\OpenWithProgids\PandaViewer.icoSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.jpe\OpenWithProgids\PANDAViewer.jpgSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.jpeg\OpenWithProgids\PANDAViewer.jpgSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.jpg\OpenWithProgids\PANDAViewer.jpgSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.png\OpenWithProgids\PANDAViewer.pngSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.tif\OpenWithProgids\PANDAViewer.tifSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.tiff\OpenWithProgids\PANDAViewer.tifSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\FileAssociations\ProgIds\PANDAViewer.jpg_.jpgSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\FileAssociations\ProgIds\PANDAViewer.png_.pngSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\PandaViewerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}PandaViewer
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