VirusHeat
Posted: February 9, 2008
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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.
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: | 70 |
| First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
|---|---|
| Last Seen: | April 30, 2022 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
VirusHeat, or VirusHeat v.3.9, is a rogue anti-spyware application designed to scare you into purchasing VirusHeat's full version with misleading warning messages that pop up on your Taskbar. VirusHeat is usually downloaded and installed via ZLOB/MediaAccess Codec installer from an adult site. Once you're infected, the Zlob Trojan will display misleading warning messages. VirusHeat warning messages claim that your computer is infected with dangerous parasites in an attempt to trick you into purchasing VirusHeat's commercial version. In addition, VirusHeat may generate annoying popup advertisements that may cause unstable system performance. VirusHeat is known to be a clone of AntiVirGear.
Aliases
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.kdp [F-Secure]Troj/FakeVir-AM [Sophos]Application/AntivirGear [Panda]TrojanDownloader:Win32/Zlob.CCA.dll [Microsoft]Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Bojo.t [Ikarus]W32/Bojo.T!tr.dldr [Fortinet]W32/DLoader.ECQZ [F-Secure]W32/Trojan2.SGM [F-Prot]Downloader.Bojo.t [eWido]Trojan.Fakealert.origin [DrWeb]Trojan.Downloader-16394 [ClamAV]TrojanDownloader.Bojo.t [CAT-QuickHeal]Trojan.Downloader.Agent.YTM [BitDefender]Generic9.SXN [AVG]Win32:Bojo-D [Avast]
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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:kknwg.dll
File name: kknwg.dllSize: 13.31 KB (13312 bytes)
MD5: d6ad5cd8a9b52f4377bd0341628fa909
Detection count: 95
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
wcscqa.dll
File name: wcscqa.dllSize: 13.31 KB (13312 bytes)
MD5: 569b09e8b839efc55fc04e6e6fa0c39a
Detection count: 76
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
wamdl.dll
File name: wamdl.dllSize: 75.77 KB (75776 bytes)
MD5: d1987b9fd6f3619c7f59003f8cae9fdb
Detection count: 74
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
baoohy.dll
File name: baoohy.dllSize: 13.31 KB (13312 bytes)
MD5: 5da79caedc369394d262d2638671361b
Detection count: 70
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
heuvth.dll
File name: heuvth.dllSize: 13.31 KB (13312 bytes)
MD5: bf6f3965b5d61e008e908ea24766b17b
Detection count: 55
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
rkvdr.dll
File name: rkvdr.dllSize: 13.31 KB (13312 bytes)
MD5: 4fe83d73e0b4429837c3e7e6e64d29af
Detection count: 53
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
txdkfh.dll
File name: txdkfh.dllSize: 13.31 KB (13312 bytes)
MD5: c7d0dfbdedf872e7c1eee0dd91b11bd9
Detection count: 50
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
wamdl.dll
File name: wamdl.dllSize: 75.26 KB (75264 bytes)
MD5: fef87b6d1186cd0c3b1e112d87d44b43
Detection count: 45
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
wamdl.dll
File name: wamdl.dllSize: 86.01 KB (86016 bytes)
MD5: b409322f685fdfcefc7061f4c5ec2de5
Detection count: 22
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
wamdl.dll
File name: wamdl.dllSize: 86.01 KB (86016 bytes)
MD5: f366094b504aa40c8df143fa740c198c
Detection count: 16
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
jdxah.dll
File name: jdxah.dllSize: 13.31 KB (13312 bytes)
MD5: 8ac69e66124e217edb7a27f08e5b6982
Detection count: 12
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
bubbj.dll
File name: bubbj.dllSize: 12.8 KB (12800 bytes)
MD5: eb4c66df3d7be479900bdce5a491a105
Detection count: 12
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
wamdl.dll
File name: wamdl.dllSize: 86.01 KB (86016 bytes)
MD5: ee24523c291e1f25c86dbb01fee1760b
Detection count: 10
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
wamdl.dll
File name: wamdl.dllSize: 86.01 KB (86016 bytes)
MD5: 826129b816ec959d9318d4edf3cff8c2
Detection count: 7
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
VirusHeat 4.4.exe
File name: VirusHeat 4.4.exeSize: 1.75 MB (1757184 bytes)
MD5: c923b25ded9d6ce4b0764f7e12f3aea5
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
zfaiqwr.dll
File name: zfaiqwr.dllSize: 13.31 KB (13312 bytes)
MD5: ed4c08164d83f542aa6fe1b374e80c02
Detection count: 1
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
guadq.dll
File name: guadq.dllSize: 13.31 KB (13312 bytes)
MD5: ed8d16613814b68a44a96e04f11eb3d3
Detection count: 0
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
More files
Registry Modifications
The following newly produced Registry Values are:
File name without pathUninstall VirusHeat 4.3.lnkVirusHeat 4.3 Website.lnkVirusHeat 4.3.lnk
File name without pathUninstall VirusHeat 4.3.lnkVirusHeat 4.3 Website.lnkVirusHeat 4.3.lnk
Additional Information
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Thank you guys.
the version of this virus has left no direct evidence and it has employed existing anti-virus application software to embed itself into the operating system. it is incredibly difficult to remove without formatting.
I agree with croney. Even after uninstalling the virus heat program an icon is still brings up a warning bubble every few minutes. It doesnt appear in task manager processes and it doesnt label files with virus heat. I found some files in the registry labeled setup.exe but i cant get rid of the security bubble that sits in the task bar. my computer is firewalled, with up to date antivirus and all windows updates and i still got infected.
Thanks Alot!!!! i recived virusheat + a few more spywares today (like net project) at first i went to safe mode to earse those folders. but those annoying spywares keep on showing. so i used spyhunter and it removed it from my pc... i owe ya guys...
Hey, first of all, thanks for the help so far. I've ran your free spyhunter search, and I'm in the process of deleting parts of the registry. My question is that your search found a lot more files than those labeled just under the VirusHeat category. Do I need to remove all of these or just the ones that are VirusHeat? Thanks.
Spyhunter did the trick for us. I could not find any of the programs/registery entries given above. It might be that they also read there "removal tools" and changed the settings. File: xckmoqx.dll seemed to be the main file and a whole bunch of other registry entries that are not listed here. For sure you will also be infected with Zlob.trojan. If you cannot find any of the dll's and or registery entries I really recommend getting Spyhunter as it will findi t. Good luck with future removals
Hi, the instructions are good, but more is needed. The process is hidden in the SVCHOST.EXE.
After removing as much of the obvious stuff as you can and still getting the icon in taskbar:
When the virus loads the webpage, right click and go to properites, this will show you where the file is stored. Probably Windows\System32 The code for the page is held in a .dll, open it as a text file, notepad, scroll down half way, and you shoud be able to verify that its linked to virus heat.
You will not be able to delete as it will say the file is in use access denied. There are programs to that will force delete, these can be downloaded.(careful not to download a progrm with more spy in)