PUP.Crossfire.SA
Posted: January 30, 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.
Threat Level: | 1/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 33 |
First Seen: | January 30, 2013 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
PUP.Crossfire.SA is a potentially unwanted program/adware that takes advantage of other programs to spread a copy of itself to targeted computers. PUP.Crossfire.SA comes bundled with these applications so that when a PC user installs it, PUP.Crossfire.SA is also loaded on the PC. PUP.Crossfire.SA does not show any signs computer users could notice throughout the installation process. PUP.Crossfire.SA encompasses minimal command to run itself on the corrupted machine. Once installed, PUP.Crossfire.SA is added and launched as a plug-in to most affected web browsers. PUP.Crossfire.SA can control a victim's Internet surfing activities and divert online search results in any search engine to dubious websites. PUP.Crossfire.SA may display a variety of pop-up ads on the screen of the targeted computer while the computer user is online. Authors of PUP.Crossfire.SA attempt to earn money from computer users by using the pay-per-click technique when they view or click on the ads.
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:savingsapp.exe
File name: savingsapp.exeSize: 1.96 MB (1969112 bytes)
MD5: 1fe9487064c32d846fc4c68917daefcb
Detection count: 96
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 13, 2013
5b846056d650de82d4451969fc7f4da3
File name: 5b846056d650de82d4451969fc7f4da3Size: 792.55 KB (792557 bytes)
MD5: 5b846056d650de82d4451969fc7f4da3
Detection count: 88
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 13, 2013
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