APcDefender
Posted: January 6, 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: | 10/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 9 |
First Seen: | January 8, 2010 |
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Last Seen: | January 9, 2019 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
APcDefender is a rogue anti-spyware application that comes from the Wini family of fake security applications. APcDefender is similar to other rogues such as Apcprotect and IGuardPc. APcDefender can be installed automatically through the use of a Trojan horse without the computer user's permission or knowledge. APcDefender is not a trusted security application because it does not have the ability to detect and remove computer parasites.
APcDefender can cause damage to the system that it is installed on by populating the computer with malicious files that have random file names and could load at startup of Windows. The use of fake popup messages and bogus system scan results are used to entice users to purchase a full version of APcDefender. It is recommended that you use a spyware detection tool to safely remove the APcDefender parasite.
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:flash-HQ-plugin.exe
File name: flash-HQ-plugin.exeSize: 63.38 KB (63385 bytes)
MD5: bf179c962bff5291541335ba834a7ebe
Detection count: 77
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 8, 2010
lo7862ad.exe
File name: lo7862ad.exeSize: 1.73 MB (1732475 bytes)
MD5: 378f83e4d044c93d41b6d15de51b983b
Detection count: 76
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 8, 2010
ah8585fm.exe
File name: ah8585fm.exeSize: 360.96 KB (360960 bytes)
MD5: 0d084602aa5e15db663eaf6fdd6273e0
Detection count: 75
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 8, 2010
APcDefender.exe
File name: APcDefender.exeSize: 1.63 MB (1635328 bytes)
MD5: d1a87e2b2fbce649b7c9e97e54ebf24d
Detection count: 74
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 8, 2010
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