Saltarsmart Ads

Posted: September 12, 2013

Threat Metric

The Threat Meter is a malware assessment that SpywareRemove.com's research team is able to give every identifiable malware threat. Our Threat Meter includes several criteria based off of specific malware threats to value their severity, reach and volume. The Threat Meter is able to give you a numerical breakdown of each threat's initial Threat Level, Detection Count, Volume Count, Trend Path and Percentage Impact. The overall ranking of each threat in the Threat Meter is a basic breakdown of how all threats are ranked within our own extensive malware database. The scoring for each specific malware threat can be easily compared to other emerging threats to draw a contrast in its particular severity. The Threat Meter is a useful tool in the endeavor of seeking a solution to remove a threat or pursue additional analytical research for all types of computer users.

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:	11,583
Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	25,655

First Seen:	September 12, 2013
Last Seen:	October 6, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Saltarsmart Ads is an adware program that displays coupon and shopping-oriented advertisements on major websites like Google or Amazon. Although Saltarsmart Ads may display content that theoretically may benefit your online shopping experience, SpywareRemove.com malware experts generally recommend removing Saltarsmart Ads, which may display its advertisements without your permission and, in the process, has the potential to harm your Web-browsing security/stability. Saltarsmart Ads does not install itself through consensual methods and may be resistant to all of the usual uninstall techniques that benign programs would be responsive towards, but most anti-malware products should be able to remove Saltarsmart Ads without any trouble.

Why It's Smart to Keep Saltarsmart Advertisements Out of Your Browser

Saltarsmart Ads is another piece of adware that thinks Saltarsmart Ads knows best for determining when your browser should show new advertisements, and SpywareRemove.com malware analysts have verified Saltarsmart Ads as showing advertisements under such broad conditions as 'whenever you're browsing a popular website'. Although Saltarsmart Ads's advertisements usually are designed to look relevant to your online browsing habits and may appear to offer some legitimate shopping deals, you should be careful about assuming that Saltarsmart Ads displays advertisements that are intended to benefit you with the best possible prices – as opposed to advertisements that benefit itself by promoting its affiliates.

Saltarsmart Ads also may cause issues with regards to controlling pop-ups, ensuring fast website loading times or even just keeping your browser from displaying content of a misleading nature. SpywareRemove.com malware experts especially advise any victims of Saltarsmart Ads infections to be cautious about advertisements that resemble common advertising network-based scams, including fake prize offers, fraudulent polls designed to gather your personal information and fake software downloads that promote scamware. Ultimately, since you can't determine when Saltarsmart Ads displays its advertisements or filter unsafe Web content, Saltarsmart Ads should be considered a danger to your browser and the rest of your PC, by default.

The Spice to Solve the Saltarsmart Ads Problem

Because Saltarsmart Ads often is installed without any permission on your part, any strategy for deleting Saltarsmart Ads also should be able to identify and remove any other low or high-level PC threats that could have been installed through the same methods as Saltarsmart Ads. SpywareRemove.com malware research team usually finds basic anti-malware scans to be adequate for this task, although any continued issues beyond those described earlier in this article may necessitate the use of additional steps (such as booting your computer into Safe Mode).

As long as Saltarsmart Ads is deleted within a reasonable amount of time, a brief Saltarsmart Ads infection is not likely to cause any significant security problems. However, avoiding Saltarsmart Ads infections, naturally, is even better than removing them, and SpywareRemove.com malware experts continue to encourage that you try to avoid all of the common infection vectors known for distributing adware.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

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The following files were created in the system:

C:\Programmi\SaltarSmart\bin\utilSaltarSmart(2).exe

File name: utilSaltarSmart(2).exe
Size: 66.33 KB (66336 bytes)
MD5: 2eb961d251627bdac39bd9d25cc149aa
Detection count: 2,986
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Programmi\SaltarSmart\bin\utilSaltarSmart(2).exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 22, 2022

%WINDIR%\System32\drivers\tStLib.sys

File name: tStLib.sys
Size: 55.23 KB (55232 bytes)
MD5: a6a3442b215a911f489be156a4ba2d60
Detection count: 1,073
File type: System file
Mime Type: unknown/sys
Path: %WINDIR%\System32\drivers
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 18, 2019

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

CLSID{4F0C4513-1DCB-4975-B4F0-F98C18E17265}{5B725BC8-C263-4783-BE79-D3A812FBB42B}{d99a4ec9-00bd-4fe4-85a5-4db018351265}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updateSaltarSmart_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updateSaltarSmart_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{d99a4ec9-00bd-4fe4-85a5-4db018351265}Software\SaltarSmartSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\Update SaltarSmartSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Update SaltarSmartSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Update SaltarSmartSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Update SaltarSmartHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}SaltarSmart

Additional Information

The following directories were created:

%ProgramFiles%\SaltarSmart%ProgramFiles(x86)%\SaltarSmart

The following URL's were detected:

SaltarSmart