Privitize VPN
Posted: December 11, 2012
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: | 5/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 7,197 |
First Seen: | December 11, 2012 |
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Last Seen: | February 11, 2022 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Privitize VPN is a browser hijacker that can change the hijacked Internet browser's default home page to search.privitize[dot]com/?aff=7, monitor searches, and lead to browser hijacking issues. Privitize VPN can access the targeted PC and install a malicious program such as adware or malware, which is packed with it. Privitize VPN is distributed via freeware applications, and installs itself on the compromised machine without a computer user's permission. In some Internet browser, Privitize VPN will open an unknown Google URL such as google.com/webhp. Privitize VPN may use a variety of web addresses and names to mislead the computer user as well as anti-malware tool to block itself from being detected and removed. Privitize VPN can redirect a victim's online searches in any search engine to suspicious websites. Privitize VPN may also distribute a malicious website that can download and install other malware threats onto the vulnerable computer.
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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)%\privitizevpn\privitizevpn.exe
File name: privitizevpn.exeSize: 196.78 KB (196784 bytes)
MD5: 430739f114507dd2ea78d180a34ff9f3
Detection count: 6,591
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\privitizevpn\privitizevpn.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 9, 2022
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