VirusLocker
Posted: February 25, 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 |
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Infected PCs: | 62 |
First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
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Last Seen: | January 30, 2019 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
VirusLocker is a corrupt anti-spyware application that reports non-existent threats on your machine. VirusLocker issues fake messages claiming that your computer is infected with spyware. VirusLocker may come bundled with other rogue programs and is often secretly downloaded onto your machine. VirusLocker may come through various security loopholes. Once installed onto your computer VirusLocker will start generating exaggerated reports stating that your machine is heavily infected with spyware. VirusLocker will usually appear very hard to get rid of manually. VirusLocker is associated with an adware company called Starware.
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:vl_setup[1].exe
File name: vl_setup[1].exeSize: 3.19 MB (3198988 bytes)
MD5: 107924633f4dcdf458a05fa33cf7a29c
Detection count: 82
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
VirusLocker.exe
File name: VirusLocker.exeSize: 1.54 MB (1544192 bytes)
MD5: 4f9425c2e8a50bfec467a2cab91015c3
Detection count: 35
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
vl_setup[1].exe
File name: vl_setup[1].exeSize: 3.19 MB (3198382 bytes)
MD5: 3b88ac00d5473dff186db137a032473a
Detection count: 34
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
Registry Modifications
File name without pathUninstall VirusLocker 3.2.lnkVirusLocker 3.2 Website.lnkVirusLocker 3.2.lnk
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