Adware:Win32/Kremiumad
Posted: March 27, 2013
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.
Ranking: | 16,942 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 145 |
First Seen: | March 27, 2013 |
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Last Seen: | September 2, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Adware:Win32/Kremiumad is an adware program that displays offers linked to a victim's web browsing habits as the PC user browses the Internet and opens advertisements that are outside the context of the program, website, or other source the advertisements are advertising. Adware:Win32/Kremiumad can be downloaded from the website of the program. Adware:Win32/Kremiumad creates an installation entry in the Programs and Features section of the Control Panel, which the affected PC user can access. Running an uninstaller, the target computer user may remove some or all of the files associated with Adware:Win32/Kremiumad from the infected computer. If an uninstaller is not available, does not work properly, or the computer user does not want to use it, he/she can use scanning and removal software to detect and remove Adware:Win32/Kremiumad from the attacked computer system. Adware:Win32/Kremiumad drops malicious files and modifies the registry entries to assure that its copy runs automatically every time the PC user starts Windows.
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:[program name].exe
File name: [program name].exeFile type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
uninstall_[name].exe
File name: uninstall_[name].exeFile type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Registry Modifications
HKEY..\..\{Value}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "[program name].exe" = "%ProgramFiles%\[program name]\[program name].exe"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[name] "version" = "mz."
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