PianoMan Virus
Posted: October 24, 2013
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: | 8,986 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 1,686 |
First Seen: | October 24, 2013 |
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Last Seen: | October 11, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
PianoMan Virus, also known as PianoManCorrupt Virus or PianoMan Corrupt, is a PC threat, which affects Microsoft Office files. When PianoMan Virus invades the computer, it searches for .DOC, .XLS, and .PPT files, and makes them unreadable. PianoMan Virus changes extensions of files to 'PianoManCorrupt'. PianoMan Virus can be removed with legal anti-virus software; however, infected documents may still remain unreadable. Attackers apply a variety of deceptive methods to distribute PianoMan Virus to vulnerable computers. Mostly, PianoMan Virus enters the affected computer system bundled with freeware and shareware applications, so PC users should believe only official download websites when looking for some free programs and be careful when downloading free software products from suspicious download websites. PianoMan Virus may also spread via social media websites that carry tricky links that may also download PianoMan Virus on the PC. If the computer user notices that he can't reach his files and that they have 'PianoManCorrupt' endings, this specifies that the PC is affected by PianoMan Virus.
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