Trojan:Win32/Medfos.X
Posted: February 4, 2013
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: | 9/10 |
|---|---|
| Infected PCs: | 36 |
| First Seen: | February 4, 2013 |
|---|---|
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Trojan:Win32/Medfos.X is a Trojan that is used by attackers to redirect Internet traffic on the infected computer to suspicious or even malicious websites without the affected PC user's permission and knowledge. Trojan:Win32/Medfos.X retrieves information from a remote website, particularly search keywords and websites to reroute the affected computer to unwanted advertising websites which attract PC users to click bogus pop-up ads to earn money from click fraud; this way scammers are able to raise traffic to the doubtful advertisement website. Trojan:Win32/Medfos.X may copy itself to various folders on the compromised PC and also download potentially malicious files there. Trojan:Win32/Medfos.X may also create registry entries to load automatically every time Windows is started. Trojan:Win32/Medfos.X may also strive to disable security-related applications such as anti-virus and firewall programs.
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:d0576f56baff10d820644c0052504ddd
File name: d0576f56baff10d820644c0052504dddSize: 331.77 KB (331776 bytes)
MD5: d0576f56baff10d820644c0052504ddd
Detection count: 55
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 11, 2013
e3da92a92a9c7045e82712b677cadea7
File name: e3da92a92a9c7045e82712b677cadea7Size: 300.54 KB (300544 bytes)
MD5: e3da92a92a9c7045e82712b677cadea7
Detection count: 52
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 11, 2013
e9f320b60e13381b9fb5bce25beaeb70
File name: e9f320b60e13381b9fb5bce25beaeb70Size: 309.76 KB (309760 bytes)
MD5: e9f320b60e13381b9fb5bce25beaeb70
Detection count: 40
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 11, 2013
FIDVRPAD.exe
File name: FIDVRPAD.exeSize: 338.43 KB (338432 bytes)
MD5: 0a7eeff9bd257aa48618c013d96700d3
Detection count: 38
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 11, 2013
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