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Posted: January 13, 2014

Threat Metric

The Threat Meter is a malware assessment that SpywareRemove.com's research team is able to give every identifiable malware threat. Our Threat Meter includes several criteria based off of specific malware threats to value their severity, reach and volume. The Threat Meter is able to give you a numerical breakdown of each threat's initial Threat Level, Detection Count, Volume Count, Trend Path and Percentage Impact. The overall ranking of each threat in the Threat Meter is a basic breakdown of how all threats are ranked within our own extensive malware database. The scoring for each specific malware threat can be easily compared to other emerging threats to draw a contrast in its particular severity. The Threat Meter is a useful tool in the endeavor of seeking a solution to remove a threat or pursue additional analytical research for all types of computer users.

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:	11,576
Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	13,608

First Seen:	January 13, 2014
Last Seen:	March 3, 2025
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Video Player is an adware extension that injects extra advertisements into your Web pages as your browser loads them. Video Player is immediately identifiable from its clearly labeled advertisements and makes an effort to distinguish its content from those of unrelated websites. Despite that courtesy, Video Player still is classified as a Potentially Unwanted Program that may have drawbacks for your browser. Anti-adware scanners that detect Video Player should be allowed to uninstall Video Player, in the absence of extraordinary reasons for any other response.

The Advertisements that Keep Playing Whether or not You Want Them

Video Player is advertising software possibly cloned from previous, similar products, such as the reminiscent Ads by Vidx or Better Surf Plus. As with either of these add-ons, Video Player displays advertisements by injecting them into unrelated Web pages arbitrarily. There are no controls provided for disabling this feature either for specific sites or overall. Video Player markets its advertisements as online shopping advantages. However, malware researchers have found that its advertisement content typically lacks the specificity or reputable company references that would make Video Player relatively beneficial in comparison to the average results of a search engine.

Commonly, Video Player advertisements are recognized by their format as text-based hyperlinks. However, Video Player also may display its advertisements in other forms, including graphical elements, such as banners. In some cases, links from Video Player may be portrayed as relevant to the content you currently are viewing. Contrasting those claims, malware experts found any rate of a meaningful corroboration between Video Player advertisements' content and legitimate website content to be extremely minor.

Playing Video Player advertisements Out the Door

Without any reason to categorize Video Player advertisements as a threat, malware researchers merely must label Video Player as a PUP. The removal of most Potentially Unwanted Programs usually, if not always, is a net benefit to any PC. Temporary and protected exposure to Video Player shouldn't provide any damage to your PC in the long term. However, extensive or unprotected contact with content promoted by Video Player advertisements and other adware, may expose you to other threats, scams and security risks that are well beyond the scope of this article. Standard examples of the latter include disguised, corrupted scripts, phishing hoaxes and download links for multiple types of threatening software.

Restricted sample availability has prevented malware experts from confirming all of Video Player advertisements' installation methods, but the majority of adware bundle themselves with other applications. If you see a need to watch movie files through a third party application, you should be careful to trust download sources that have proven themselves reputable. Without question, any attributes worth looking for include a lack of the ties to Video Player advertisements and similar, profit-driven PUPs that don't have the safety of their users at heart.

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:

file.exe

File name: file.exe
Size: 1.02 MB (1024518 bytes)
MD5: 5137ffc92077efbb1098ee1487b83ce7
Detection count: 38
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 17, 2014

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{1d9d559b-928b-4aed-8fc3-491f020beb2b}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Video PlayerSOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\Extensions\ext@VideoPlayerV3beta8204.netSOFTWARE\VideoPlayerV3SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Video PlayerSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Mozilla\Firefox\Extensions\ext@VideoPlayerV3beta8204.netSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\VideoPlayerV3

Additional Information

The following directories were created:

%LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\eknfkgmakalcpjjgdopcdhfhhgjnibdm%ProgramFiles%\VideoPlayerV3%ProgramFiles(x86)%\VideoPlayerV3