TrustSoft AntiSpyware
Posted: May 6, 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: | 194 |
First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
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Last Seen: | January 4, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
TrustSoft AntiSpyware is a rogue anti-spyware application that is often downloaded and installed by Trojans or through browser loopholes. Once it is installed, TrustSoft AntiSpyware launches on Windows startup and will bombard you with fake alerts or pop-ups claiming that your computer is infected. TrustSoft AntiSpyware is a malicious program designed to display fake warnings in an attempt to trick you into buying TrustSoft AntiSpyware’s full commercial version. It is extremely difficult to remove TrustSoft AntiSpyware manually because this program may continue to try to recreate itself. TrustSoft was also the producer of SpyKiller 2005.
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:\Joe's Stuff\Downloads\TrustSoftAntiSpywareSetup.exe
File name: TrustSoftAntiSpywareSetup.exeSize: 5.31 MB (5312760 bytes)
MD5: 2ea6d56181069ae5b6d0cbad1c327ae4
Detection count: 59
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Joe's Stuff\Downloads\TrustSoftAntiSpywareSetup.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 18, 2022
c:\program files (x86)\trustsoft antispyware\trustsoftantispyware.exe
File name: trustsoftantispyware.exeSize: 584.7 KB (584704 bytes)
MD5: 3d2cb1bc56a4ff4b01237b3f990de2f5
Detection count: 16
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: c:\program files (x86)\trustsoft antispyware\trustsoftantispyware.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 16, 2021
C:\Program Files (x86)\TrustSoft AntiSpyware\restart_as.exe
File name: restart_as.exeSize: 102.4 KB (102400 bytes)
MD5: 579ec7dd428b8416db05c54d19b636f2
Detection count: 7
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\TrustSoft AntiSpyware\restart_as.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 16, 2021
Registry Modifications
File name without pathrestart_as.exeTrustSoft AntiSpyware.lnkTrustSoftAntiSpyware.exe
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