BrowserModifier:Win32/KipodToolsCby
Posted: March 18, 2016
Threat Metric
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% 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: | 5/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 36 |
First Seen: | March 18, 2016 |
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Last Seen: | January 13, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
BrowserModifier:Win32/KipodToolsCby is a Trojan that may bypass some of your default browser's security settings for purposes such as promoting advertisements, redirecting you to unwanted websites or installing other programs. Applications installing themselves through BrowserModifier:Win32/KipodToolsCby may include threats, and BrowserModifier:Win32/KipodToolsCby provides no justifications for its security breaches. Use your anti-malware products for removing BrowserModifier:Win32/KipodToolsCby, and always re-check your browser for any symptoms that could have delivered themselves through this threat.
A Reverse Browser Burglar in Action
The public image of threats often focuses on CryptoLocker style file encryptors, spyware and other threats that try to lock or collect an infected PC's data. In some cases, however, con artists have just as much to gain by making unwanted additions to the PC, such as BrowserModifier:Win32/KipodToolsCby and its add-on installations. BrowserModifier:Win32/KipodToolsCby is a threatening utility that may be used to add new extensions, toolbars, and other browser add-ons to your default browser. This threat may be compatible with most major brands of Web browsers to date.
BrowserModifier:Win32/KipodToolsCby acts in the form of a specialized Trojan downloader, in that BrowserModifier:Win32/KipodToolsCby may place software onto your PC arbitrarily. BrowserModifier:Win32/KipodToolsCby also includes features particular to bypassing browser security features that would notify you of the new changes. Examples of some of the most common security overrides executed by BrowserModifier:Win32/KipodToolsCby may include:
- BrowserModifier:Win32/KipodToolsCby may disable Chrome's 'Add to Chrome' prompt, which appears during the installation of extensions and toolbars.
- BrowserModifier:Win32/KipodToolsCby may disable Internet Explorer's 'Enable/Disable' window, as well as any automatic alerts related to changes to your search engine or homepage.
- Firefox's 'Install Add-on' prompts also may be overridden by BrowserModifier:Win32/KipodToolsCby.
In turn, software installed by BrowserModifier:Win32/KipodToolsCby may not show entries in your installed add-ons or extensions, and are unlikely of providing any User Interface elements. However, malware experts find such threats capable of making drastic and potentially threatening changes to your browsing experience, possibly even culminating in redirecting you to hoaxes or threat websites.
Keeping Your Browser Clean of Mods without Benefits
Most PC threats strongly associated with Web browsers may use bundles for being installed. These bundles may circulate themselves through free software sites or crowd-sourced download resources, such as torrents. Malware experts have noted particularly recurring links between BrowserModifier:Win32/KipodToolsCby and 'free' download manager applications such as iLivid. Using your anti-malware programs to scan these downloads before launching them should help you identify potential BrowserModifier:Win32/KipodToolsCby installers, which you always should decline.
Many PC users have reported difficulties with uninstalling BrowserModifier:Win32/KipodToolsCby. After removing BrowserModifier:Win32/KipodToolsCby with your anti-malware product of personal preference, reboot your computer and initiate another scan. Only assume that your PC is clean once your scans return clear. You can help anti-malware detection rates by providing threat samples when appropriate and always keeping your program's database updated with the latest official patches.
Victims should remember that BrowserModifier:Win32/KipodToolsCby's payloads may include attempts to collect login information, or other attacks that will not necessarily show symptoms, much like BrowserModifier:Win32/KipodToolsCby, itself.
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