VirusHeal
Posted: June 26, 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: | 10/10 |
|---|---|
| Infected PCs: | 47 |
| First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
|---|---|
| Last Seen: | May 26, 2020 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
As an update to the confirmed scamware product SpyHeal, VirusHeal may have swapped its specialty from anti-spyware to anti-viruses, but VirusHeal is no more legitimate than its predecessors and can be considered to be a rogue anti-virus program with no beneficial features. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have found that VirusHeal, like many other types of fake AV programs, is often installed by Zlob Trojans and will engage in standard scamware attacks such as creating fake error messages, inaccurate scanner displays and even hijack your desktop or web browser. Since VirusHeal uses multiple components to achieve its functions, not all of which are obviously-visible or compliant with normal deletion techniques, you should detect and delete VirusHeal with genuine anti-malware scanners if you can access them.
VirusHeal – More Harmer Than a Healer
VirusHeal was first noted as long ago as 2007, although VirusHeal still remains capable of attacking modern Windows computers, particularly with the aid of Zlob Trojans like Trojan-Downloader.Zlob.Media-Codec. Contact with Trojans that install VirusHeal is often caused by the download of fake media codecs and movie player updates that are hosted at malicious websites, two of which include virusheal.com and inc-codec.com. VirusHeal, like other types of fake anti-virus applications, will always present inaccurate and valueless information about your PC and attempt to make you be convinced that countless Trojans, rootkits, keyloggers and other PC threats are assailing your PC.
VirusHeal's errors can include, but, as SpywareRemove.com malware researchers note, are not limited to the following examples:
Your computer is infected!
Protect Your Computer From Viruses.
You need to use antivirus software.
WARNING! YOU'RE IN DANGER!
ALL YOU DO WITH COMPUTER IS STORED FOREVER IN YOUR HARD DISK. WHEN YOU VISIT SITES, SEND EMAILS... ALL YOUR ACTIONS ARE LOGGED. AND IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE THEM WITH STANDARD TOOLS. YOUR DATA IS STILL AVAILABLE FOR FORENSICS, AND IN SOME CASES FOR YOUR BOSS, YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR WIFE, YOUR CHILDREN.
These error messages are displayed without any attempt by VirusHeal to detect viruses, spyware or other threats to your PC, and its only point is to make you desperate enough to spend money on VirusHeal. Naturally, this should never be done, not even to remove VirusHeal, since VirusHeal can be removed by anti-malware applications, and its symptoms put to a halt, without requiring you to spend a dime on VirusHeal's fake AV features.
Healing Up from VirusHeal's Many Ailments
VirusHeal and associated PC threats (such as Zlob) may also cause some or all of the following attacks until they're removed:
- Browser redirects to malicious websites like virusheal.com. In addition to promoting VirusHeal, websites may also attack your PC with drive-by-download scripts that install PC threats without your permission. SpywareRemove.com malware experts advise that your web browser security should, therefore, be considered to be of paramount importance.
- A desktop image that's changed to display a frightening warning or other type of inaccurate message.
- Issues with your anti-malware software that prevent them from removing VirusHeal. These issues can be solved by disabling VirusHeal (via Safe Mode, booting from a remote source or similar methods) prior to deleting VirusHeal.
VirusHeal can be detected by the aliases of AVGold and not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.MalwareWipe.q.
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:vh_setup[1].exe
File name: vh_setup[1].exeSize: 3.88 MB (3883146 bytes)
MD5: 67df54c81ad128ae0a5b4c23b59d359e
Detection count: 93
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
vh_setup[1].exe
File name: vh_setup[1].exeSize: 3.87 MB (3874788 bytes)
MD5: 3913a2984ef9a12bc0196375e78ec242
Detection count: 90
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
vh_setup[1].exe
File name: vh_setup[1].exeSize: 3.9 MB (3901055 bytes)
MD5: 9fda6486f86c2f88c168f6d31ee442de
Detection count: 82
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
VirusHeal 4.2.exe
File name: VirusHeal 4.2.exeSize: 2.23 MB (2236416 bytes)
MD5: a4f96585d63a82515309718684dff3ff
Detection count: 81
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
vh_setup[1].exe
File name: vh_setup[1].exeSize: 3.89 MB (3898612 bytes)
MD5: 39254470f4a40e41e550263d9d89bfe5
Detection count: 76
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
VirusHeal 4.1.exe
File name: VirusHeal 4.1.exeSize: 2.22 MB (2224128 bytes)
MD5: 616a9a110b5bf5ba92a612021b87bfcc
Detection count: 73
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
VirusHeal 4.1.exe
File name: VirusHeal 4.1.exeSize: 2.25 MB (2256896 bytes)
MD5: 394c49b86832fb9a641a3f232dd68db3
Detection count: 64
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
vh_setup[1].exe
File name: vh_setup[1].exeSize: 3.9 MB (3901944 bytes)
MD5: 0660c2999ccc73df5e75e0aad1cfdd8a
Detection count: 44
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
VirusHeal 3.9.exe
File name: VirusHeal 3.9.exeSize: 2.25 MB (2256896 bytes)
MD5: f199eb53ae2ae730de65ad5a563f9d3c
Detection count: 36
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
vh_setup[1].exe
File name: vh_setup[1].exeSize: 3.89 MB (3899898 bytes)
MD5: c974da347abf8143df5c744788412552
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
vh_setup[1].exe
File name: vh_setup[1].exeSize: 3.89 MB (3898342 bytes)
MD5: 4342304c1b21fc09cd08d54906e68d33
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
VirusHeal 4.0.exe
File name: VirusHeal 4.0.exeSize: 2.25 MB (2256896 bytes)
MD5: cadcf9d41b3feed25aa5d12814fad5c1
Detection count: 2
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
Registry Modifications
File name without pathVirusHeal 4.1.lnk
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