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Posted: October 23, 2015
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: | 8,769 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 7,190 |
First Seen: | October 10, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | October 7, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
FavGenius is a tiny web add-on that may not assist you in any way. In fact, its impact on your browsers may be pretty negative since this tool is adware. It may insert additional commercial materials in the pages you open, which may soon enough become a rather annoying process. Some ad-oriented plugins offer features that a part of the PC users may enjoy, so the experts cannot define them as totally 'useless.' However, FavGenius doesn't provide you with anything that your browsers cannot achieve. This adware claims that it will allow you to store the links from your favorite websites for a later viewing. You can accomplish this task pretty easily by bookmarking the domains that pose an interest to you. The lack of real functionality means that the majority of users will just refuse to install FavGenius. To spread their questionable product, the creators of the adware may include it in executable files of some third-party applications with a free license. As a result, the unreliable extension may attach towards Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. The ads that it may create may be pop-ups, banners or interstitial ads, the last of which may cover your whole screen. The majority of commercial materials tend to be eye-catching to make you click on them. They also may come in large numbers, and you may locate them on the sites you visit consistently. The adware may tune them to your taste because it may check what sites you have visited recently, which provides information about your current needs. However, the experts don't recommend clicking on the sponsored links because some of the affiliate pages may pose danger to your PC. The ads also may cause performance issues with web clients, so you should consider deleting the untrustworthy add-on.
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:C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\ext_favgenius\ext_favgenius.dll
File name: ext_favgenius.dllSize: 913.92 KB (913920 bytes)
MD5: ab64a8d19fed109b34c6e0b63b2fc270
Detection count: 1,951
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\ext_favgenius\ext_favgenius.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 30, 2023
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\ext_favgenius\ext_favgenius.dll
File name: ext_favgenius.dllSize: 918.01 KB (918016 bytes)
MD5: 0e8de84b8fddeae5a7e87f4be9928822
Detection count: 1,101
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\ext_favgenius\ext_favgenius.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 7, 2023
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\ext_favgenius\ext_favgenius.dll
File name: ext_favgenius.dllSize: 915.96 KB (915968 bytes)
MD5: 383907fab3d1f6911d7b45cb70f62bfe
Detection count: 489
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\ext_favgenius\ext_favgenius.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 28, 2023
%LOCALAPPDATA%\ext_favgenius\ext_favgenius.dll
File name: ext_favgenius.dllSize: 913.92 KB (913920 bytes)
MD5: 89762de69783272035dd28f4b5074481
Detection count: 17
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\ext_favgenius
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 23, 2016
Registry Modifications
HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\FavGeniusSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{3FB16A3D-F03E-4565-A532-666B219C9FF3}Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{3FB16A3D-F03E-4565-A532-666B219C9FF3}
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