Adware.Comet
Posted: June 13, 2007
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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: | 2/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 923 |
First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
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Last Seen: | June 17, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Adware.Comet is an unwanted and annoying screensaver. Once inside your machine, Adware.Comet will import a large number of malicious Trojans and adware programs on your computer. Adware.Comet is also intended to show excessive advertising content.
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:screensavers.exe
File name: screensavers.exeSize: 512.34 KB (512344 bytes)
MD5: 0f11fe9c10dfa433c3f61d0495fa1ff9
Detection count: 65
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
s_sinstallerandtoolbar3[1].exe
File name: s_sinstallerandtoolbar3[1].exeSize: 696.91 KB (696912 bytes)
MD5: 4cefacc5fe8acbf49758762dc8868419
Detection count: 60
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
C:\System Volume Information\_restore{ED4C0E5D-2BC4-446B-866F-52E3B8B74953}\RP92\A0028999.exe
File name: A0028999.exeSize: 63.39 KB (63396 bytes)
MD5: 5793629b4ca0e22ac30ca8f993f7228a
Detection count: 14
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\System Volume Information\_restore{ED4C0E5D-2BC4-446B-866F-52E3B8B74953}\RP92\A0028999.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 4, 2021
alot.dll
File name: alot.dllSize: 622.37 KB (622376 bytes)
MD5: 916cde6394dc4bdcdfd2b2c41ec3d109
Detection count: 12
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 26, 2020
Registry Modifications
The following newly produced Registry Values are:
CLSID{5AA2BA46-9913-4dc7-9620-69AB0FA17AE7}File name without pathSSSUninst.exe
CLSID{5AA2BA46-9913-4dc7-9620-69AB0FA17AE7}File name without pathSSSUninst.exe
Additional Information
The following directories were created:
%ProgramFiles%\Screensavers.com\SSSInstaller
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