Worm.Opanki.AS
Posted: January 18, 2010
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: | 9/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 62 |
First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Worm.Opanki.AS spreads on the Internet via email, IRC channels and via file-sharing networks. Worm.Opanki.AS installs itself on the computer and terminates most of the known antivirus and security-related processes. Then
Worm.Opanki.AS starts its spreading routine. Worm.Opanki.AS modifies IRC chat settings and spreads using this application.
Worm.Opanki.AS places infected files to shared directories of popular peer-to-peer clients and tricks other users into downloading and installing these files. However, Worm.Opanki.AS spreads mostly via email, using the Microsoft Outlook email application to distribute infected letters to all contacts in the Address Book. Worm.Opanki.AS can steal some of the local passwords and send them to a hacker. Worm.Opanki.AS poses a high risk to the safety of your personal information and should be removed from the system immediately.
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