TV Wizard Ads
Posted: January 5, 2015
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.
Ranking: | 6,805 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 8,343 |
First Seen: | July 3, 2014 |
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Last Seen: | October 13, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
TV Wizard is classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Application). TV Wizard claims to be a free app that allow users to 'turn off the lights' on their favorite websites for movies. At first, TV Wizard seems like a useful tool for movie lovers, but in reality it is an app created by Small Island Development that is designed to display advertisements. When users click these annoying ads, they may be redirected to unwanted or possibly infected websites that may install additional malware onto their systems. TV Wizard is not a virus itself, but it does exhibit some adware capabilities that may cause changes to your browser and system, so it is advisable to remove it.
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:\ProgramData\byyoqxpw\dat\tkzvohig.exe
File name: C:\ProgramData\byyoqxpw\dat\tkzvohig.exeMD5: fd2af0dd0ef286df33b85be4ab15c29e
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
C:\ProgramData\TVWizard\uninstall.exe /kb=y /ic=1
File name: C:\ProgramData\TVWizard\uninstall.exe /kb=y /ic=1Mime Type: unknown/exe /kb=y /ic=1
Group: Malware file
Registry Modifications
CLSID{378ae41c-c4af-5e7b-7b4e-6e6acf69a208}{5bad8210-7a65-5974-4b90-e1594613ebe9}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}TVWizard
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