SpyCut
Posted: February 13, 2007
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: | 6/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 16 |
First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
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Last Seen: | January 10, 2019 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
SpyCut is a rogue antispyware application that is often downloaded and installed without user knowledge or permission by a Trojan, through browser security exploits, or via other nefarious mechanisms. Once it is installed, SpyCut will launch on Windows startup and may generate hundreds of popup adverts. In addition, SpyCut will display notifications of imaginary security risks in its attempts to get the user to purchase the full version of the program. SpyCut uses an outdated spyware database, and does not represent a thorough antispyware solution. SpyCut is known to be related to RazeSpyware.solution. SpyCut is related to RazeSpyware.
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:SpyCut_monitor.exe
File name: SpyCut_monitor.exeSize: 457.72 KB (457728 bytes)
MD5: 037f158f4c167c5a89b1c8b33750f01e
Detection count: 65
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
SpyCut.dll
File name: SpyCut.dllSize: 2.23 MB (2235904 bytes)
MD5: 3ed5225a8d6b0fdb6064ebb885abe523
Detection count: 58
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
spycut_monitor.dll
File name: spycut_monitor.dllSize: 254.46 KB (254464 bytes)
MD5: 082def59ddb3795a3fc086bc76ce8575
Detection count: 55
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
SpyCut.exe
File name: SpyCut.exeSize: 928.76 KB (928768 bytes)
MD5: 8950fd7260befd9a205d7ac5cb81a3f0
Detection count: 50
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
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