PC Scout
Posted: October 16, 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: | 19 |
First Seen: | December 1, 2009 |
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Last Seen: | January 10, 2019 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
PC Scout (PCScout) is a rogue anti-spyware application that uses devious tactics to extort money from unsuspecting computer users. PC Scout was found to come from the same group of hackers that create and market the fake security programs known as Protection System and Active Security.
PC Scout, once installed, is able to plaster the infected computer's screen with several misleading popup warnings and conduct system scans that return falsified parasite results. PC Scout in full or trial version is completely unable to detect or rid your computer of parasites. Manual removal of PC Scout is difficult to perform successfully due to its ability to load into memory at startup of Windows.
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:CoreExt.dll
File name: CoreExt.dllSize: 67.07 KB (67072 bytes)
MD5: 9679855394575ff25eec526ebbde6dcf
Detection count: 79
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
pcscout.exe
File name: pcscout.exeSize: 6.02 MB (6025216 bytes)
MD5: 6b6e14aa0ea97ef7be7a0e5b4b597cae
Detection count: 76
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
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