PUP.GetNow.A
Posted: October 31, 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: | 12,282 |
|---|---|
| Threat Level: | 1/10 |
| Infected PCs: | 26,557 |
| First Seen: | October 31, 2013 |
|---|---|
| Last Seen: | February 25, 2025 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
PUP.GetNow.A is a potentially unwanted program (PUP), which may be installed to a computer system without the PC user's knowledge or awareness. PUP.GetNow.A may also be usually installed legitimately added into another free program, often into an ad-supported program, in which the installation agreement typically urges the PC user to accept it, in addition to the free program, he is downloading. Extermination of PUP.GetNow.A may lead to damage of the ad-supported program, which was installed with it. When installed, PUP.GetNow.A may show annoying pop-up adverts on the screen of the PC. PUP.GetNow.A may also keep track of the computer user's surfing habits, grab personal and computer data and transfer it to third-parties for advertising campaigns. Therefore, PUP.GetNow.A may result in serious privacy issues to the PC user. PUP.GetNow.A may alter browser settings to enable further malware invasion or attacks.
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:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\GetNowUpdater.exe13706e
File name: GetNowUpdater.exe13706eSize: 3.23 MB (3233104 bytes)
MD5: 130146dc0f232f6b21e52a106085089d
Detection count: 1,295
Mime Type: unknown/exe13706e
Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\GetNowUpdater.exe13706e
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 18, 2024
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\GetNowUpdater\inst\Bootstrapper\GetNowUpdaterUninstall.exe
File name: GetNowUpdaterUninstall.exeSize: 898.81 KB (898816 bytes)
MD5: 742457a02803be584bd87b648094ebf3
Detection count: 241
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\GetNowUpdater\inst\Bootstrapper\GetNowUpdaterUninstall.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 20, 2025
%APPDATA%\GetnowUpdater\html_res\adbF\adb.exe
File name: adb.exeSize: 825.85 KB (825852 bytes)
MD5: f2d3d0807fa10d3fc72371d43108a23a
Detection count: 62
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\GetnowUpdater\html_res\adbF
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 9, 2014
%APPDATA%\GetnowUpdater\html_res\setup.exe
File name: setup.exeSize: 700.2 KB (700200 bytes)
MD5: d84df49847afeca0bee1e854a3581a73
Detection count: 33
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\GetnowUpdater\html_res
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 9, 2014
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX1\MetroInstallerAPP.exe
File name: MetroInstallerAPP.exeSize: 1.06 MB (1061704 bytes)
MD5: 91024d500e696708cb7f949ab30e21e6
Detection count: 28
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX1\MetroInstallerAPP.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 12, 2024
More files
Registry Modifications
File name without pathGetNowUpdater.lnkHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\AppscionUpdaterSoftware\GetNowUpdaterSoftware\GTN_STFSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\GetNowRecoverySoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\GetNowUpdaterHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}GetNowUpdater
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