S5mark
Posted: February 23, 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: | 7,185 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 35,851 |
First Seen: | February 23, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | October 14, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
S5mark is classified a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) with adware symptoms that pretend to optimize your online experience. Distribution methods of adware-laced products like S5mark are various - bundling techniques, spam campaigns, malicious websites, etc. Once it has infected your PC, S5mark would instantly start displaying additional online advertisements. 'Ads by S5mark', 'Powered by S5mark' or 'Brought to you by S5mark' may be noticed in the bottom of the advertisements. S5mark adware application is known to affect all well-known browsers and the computer as well. Performance of your PC may significantly drop because of S5mark, and your online experience might become rather unpleasant.
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:%TEMP%\n7048\s5Mark_0302-daa74853.exe
File name: s5Mark_0302-daa74853.exeSize: 974.84 KB (974848 bytes)
MD5: 4d818b4785504db3791f24cfa6ea93d6
Detection count: 28
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %TEMP%\n7048
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 17, 2015
dz.exe
File name: dz.exeSize: 1.34 MB (1341440 bytes)
MD5: 55810b4d79abbcd3d42f0aff6b3f67f9
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 10, 2020
Registry Modifications
File name without pathS5mark.lnkRegexp file mask%userprofile%\Desktop\s5.lnkHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Network\FileServiceSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\s5markrunSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Network\FileServiceSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\s5markrunSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\xsHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}s5ms5mark
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