RankRomp
Posted: December 17, 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.
Threat Level: | 2/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 21 |
First Seen: | December 18, 2013 |
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Last Seen: | September 19, 2020 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
RankRomp is adware that may show annoying random advertisements on the computer when the PC user is visiting shopping related and social networking websites. The pop-up advertisements shown by RankRomp may provide computer users with numerous discounts, coupons and offers. If the PC user clicks on the pop-up ads delivered by RankRomp, adware may unwillingly redirect him to unwanted websites. RankRomp may be installed onto Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome while the PC user is installing freeware. Once installed on the computer, RankRomp may modify browser settings and replace the default start page and search service with a suspicious website. When the computer user attempts to search for anything on the Web in any legitimate search provider, he may see the toolbar of RankRomp on the web browser. The toolbar of RankRomp may display a variety of pop-up advertisements and sponsored links related to the computer user's browsing habits. RankRomp may trace the computer user's surfing routine and forward collected data to third-parties for targeted advertising intentions.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\RankRomp_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\RankRomp_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updateRankRomp_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updateRankRomp_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\utilRankRomp_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\utilRankRomp_RASMANCSSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\Update RankRompSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\Util RankRompSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\eventlog\Application\Update RankRompSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Update RankRompSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Util RankRomp
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