SpyShield
Posted: December 22, 2006
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: | 10/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 12 |
First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
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Last Seen: | January 23, 2022 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
SpyShield is a fake anti-spyware program that is often downloaded and installed without user knowledge or consent by a Trojan or through browser security holes. SpyShield launches on Windows startup and may generate large numbers of popup adverts. SpyShield will also display notifications of imaginary security risks in its attempts to get the user to purchase the full version. SpyShield can be extremely difficult to remove manually, and will continue to try to recreate itself.
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:AppRestart.exe
File name: AppRestart.exeSize: 32.76 KB (32768 bytes)
MD5: 1fd8650b9eef2c59f98b658d3acb07f8
Detection count: 88
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
_44b2532.exe, _4edc57.exe
File name: _44b2532.exe, _4edc57.exeSize: 3.77 KB (3774 bytes)
MD5: bea9595dd4ba2c1f49bfb3b1e8d72dca
Detection count: 84
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
SpyShieldDemo.exe
File name: SpyShieldDemo.exeSize: 946.17 KB (946176 bytes)
MD5: c78d203d477387829372620f4f905f06
Detection count: 3
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
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