Software Refresher Ads
Posted: January 9, 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: | 9,009 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 24,079 |
First Seen: | November 17, 2014 |
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Last Seen: | October 15, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
At first glance, Software Refresher is pretending to be a useful application that enhances the overall performance of your computer. Software Refresher is classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program). In fact, Software Refresher is delivered to users using questionable marketing methods such as bundling with other freeware and gets installed silently and without notice. Once this unwanted application enters your system, it starts making changes and taking up the machine's resources, causing it to decrease performance. Moreover, unwanted applications such as Software Refresher are known to deliver multiple unwanted commercial ads in the shape of pop-ups, banners, sponsored links and to attract more possibly harmful content.
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:\Program Files (x86)\Davenport\Updater\updater.exe
File name: updater.exeSize: 96.76 KB (96768 bytes)
MD5: a563b9f6d90ebddb76e33a81320b2b07
Detection count: 8,696
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Davenport\Updater\updater.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 28, 2022
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SoftwareRefresher\SoftwareRefresher.exe
File name: SoftwareRefresher.exeSize: 554.49 KB (554496 bytes)
MD5: 874a021b7622291969b57ca5e6ac3ca4
Detection count: 8,113
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SoftwareRefresher
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 3, 2020
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Davenport\Intercepter\x86\1.3\intercepter-x86.exe
File name: intercepter-x86.exeSize: 240.64 KB (240640 bytes)
MD5: b825f007e88a83431bc669f6ff91a8f3
Detection count: 942
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Davenport\Intercepter\x86\1.3
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 18, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Davenport\Intercepter\x86\1.0\intercepter-x86.exe
File name: intercepter-x86.exeSize: 221.69 KB (221696 bytes)
MD5: 244e71a2cf41491b3d91ef4eb699247b
Detection count: 152
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Davenport\Intercepter\x86\1.0
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 13, 2020
C:\Program Files (x86)\Davenport\Intercepter\x64\1.3\intercepter-x64.exe
File name: intercepter-x64.exeSize: 280.06 KB (280064 bytes)
MD5: 4bac97713c361ee6ebbf621a95f067b7
Detection count: 150
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Davenport\Intercepter\x64\1.3\intercepter-x64.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 24, 2022
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Davenport\Intercepter\x64\1.3\intercepter-x64.exe
File name: intercepter-x64.exeSize: 278.52 KB (278528 bytes)
MD5: c19f2425b23f5632a1a43954315b58d1
Detection count: 148
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Davenport\Intercepter\x64\1.3
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 6, 2020
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Davenport\Intercepter\x86\1.2\intercepter-x86.exe
File name: intercepter-x86.exeSize: 239.1 KB (239104 bytes)
MD5: bf37f1966e1b94e939af7d494277cdbf
Detection count: 75
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Davenport\Intercepter\x86\1.2
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 31, 2020
%PROGRAMFILES%\Davenport\Intercepter\x86\1.0\intercepter-x86.exe
File name: intercepter-x86.exeSize: 221.69 KB (221696 bytes)
MD5: b6bd4e3b1bd6c60fe7afd52d14613730
Detection count: 42
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Davenport\Intercepter\x86\1.0
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 18, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Davenport\Intercepter\x64\1.0\intercepter-x64.exe
File name: intercepter-x64.exeSize: 254.97 KB (254976 bytes)
MD5: 1b9463332df665fa458022efe21aec53
Detection count: 37
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Davenport\Intercepter\x64\1.0
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 20, 2020
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Davenport\Intercepter\x86\1.0\intercepter-x86.exe
File name: intercepter-x86.exeSize: 239.1 KB (239104 bytes)
MD5: 44191a249e22c04a0043ba893cda8109
Detection count: 33
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Davenport\Intercepter\x86\1.0
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 18, 2014
C:\Users\<username>\appdata\Local\Software Refresher
File name: C:\Users\<username>\appdata\Local\Software RefresherGroup: Malware file
C:\Users\<username>\appdata\Local\Software Refresher\uninstall.exe
File name: C:\Users\<username>\appdata\Local\Software Refresher\uninstall.exeFile type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
client_zone_id.js
File name: client_zone_id.jsFile type: JavaScript file
Mime Type: unknown/js
Group: Malware file
common.js
File name: common.jsFile type: JavaScript file
Mime Type: unknown/js
Group: Malware file
Registry Modifications
Regexp file mask%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\davenport[RANDOM CHARACTERS]%WINDIR%\Tasks\davenport[RANDOM CHARACTERS].jobHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\DavenportSOFTWARE\Intercepter\OffersSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Software RefresherSOFTWARE\SoftwareRefresherSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\DavenportSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Intercepter\OffersSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Software RefresherSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\SoftwareRefresherHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}fresher_Software Refresher
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