Spyware Preventer
Posted: August 26, 2008
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: | 67 |
First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Spyware Preventer, also known as SpywarePreventer, is a rogue anti-spyware program. Spyware Preventer will not help you prevent any spyware infections on the Web, because Spyware Preventer is the spyware itself. Like any other common rogue, Spyware Preventer is able to generate a fake system scan and display erroneous results to trick you into thinking you're infected with spyware. The Trojan that installs Spyware Preventer in your computer system may display popups and fake system notifications stating that you're infected with spyware. In order to remove the supposed threats, Spyware Preventer's trial version will offer you to buy Spyware Preventer's licensed program.
All links provided by Spyware Preventer will redirect you to Spyware Preventer's website or other rogue websites that promote Spyware Preventer for $40-$80 as a legitimate software.
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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:SPPSetup[1].exe
File name: SPPSetup[1].exeSize: 648.7 KB (648704 bytes)
MD5: dd17fd1eb344f7c950b6015268b511a9
Detection count: 54
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
SPP.exe
File name: SPP.exeSize: 418.3 KB (418304 bytes)
MD5: ef679753e9bf7a46dfe752a8f43659f8
Detection count: 46
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
SPP.exe
File name: SPP.exeSize: 396.28 KB (396288 bytes)
MD5: c2e3ac11368370c1ba7732219ae4daaf
Detection count: 35
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
SPP.exe
File name: SPP.exeSize: 408.06 KB (408064 bytes)
MD5: 03ff6665c0bf508d20a4397787559e40
Detection count: 10
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
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