QuickSurf Ads
Posted: June 15, 2015
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: | 14,892 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 1,497 |
First Seen: | June 15, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | October 1, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
QuickSurf is yet another adware created and developed by SuperWeb LLC. QuickSurf is marketed as a useful online tool that highlights text on pages that users visit and displays definition and related pages. At first glance, QuickSurf may seem like a useful browser plugin. However, computer security experts advise users not to install QuickSurf as it records all browsing activities and habits of users. QuickSurf also displays annoying advertisements that consume a large portion of your CPU. Ads by QuickSurf are quite annoying and are also described as unreliable. Advertising materials displayed by QuickSurf are known to redirect users to third-party websites and thus generate income for them. Ads by QuickSurf may also redirect users to questionable and potentially harmful websites. Computer security experts advise users to remove QuickSurf as soon as they notice there are ads in the web browser.
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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:%WINDIR%\System32\drivers\qsafd_1_10_0_18.sys
File name: qsafd_1_10_0_18.sysSize: 58.24 KB (58240 bytes)
MD5: 0ecbbfa721e9da69bbcff4e41c49e236
Detection count: 5
File type: System file
Mime Type: unknown/sys
Path: %WINDIR%\System32\drivers
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 1, 2021
c:\windows\system32\drivers\qsafd_1_10_0_19.sys
File name: qsafd_1_10_0_19.sysSize: 61.31 KB (61312 bytes)
MD5: 67e97bf2f437bc7b8015fd748b3ee27b
Detection count: 5
File type: System file
Mime Type: unknown/sys
Path: c:\windows\system32\drivers\qsafd_1_10_0_19.sys
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 27, 2021
Registry Modifications
Regexp file mask%WINDIR%\system32\Drivers\qsafd_vt_1_10_0_[RANDOM CHARACTERS].sys
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