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Zombie Alert

Posted: March 31, 2014

Threat Metric

Ranking: 11,607
Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 29,642
First Seen: March 31, 2014
Last Seen: August 31, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows


Zombie Alert Screenshot 1Zombie Alert is adware, which may be marketed via numerous downloads of free software and, when installed, it may alter the Web browser's default homepage, search engine or a new tab window with a questionable website designed to possibly increase website traffic and generate advertising revenue from ad clicks. Zombie Alert may be created to show unwanted pop-up ads, deals, offers, sales and sponsored links in search results of any popular search provider and may gather search phrases from the PC user's search requests. Zombie Alert may be distributed via unsafe downloads of other programs, especially free applications that might have packaged into their installation package Zombie Alert. When the computer user uninstalls Zombie Alert from the computer system, the Web browser's default settings may not be reverted. This means that the PC user needs to remove Zombie Alert from the PC with a decent anti-malware program.

Zombie Alert Screenshot 2

Aliases

Adware/SaMon [Fortinet]not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SaMon [Ikarus]GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.SaMon [Antiy-AVL]Generic PUA NH [Sophos]Adware.Plugin.173 [DrWeb]ApplicUnwnt [Comodo]not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SaMon.a [Kaspersky]

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:\ProgramData\ZombieAlert\ZombieAlert.exe File name: ZombieAlert.exe
Size: 42.87 KB (42872 bytes)
MD5: 7076813a47fd404a50b7c959c26fa708
Detection count: 279
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\ProgramData\ZombieAlert\ZombieAlert.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 21, 2021
C:\ProgramData\ZombieAlert\ZombieAlertService.exe File name: ZombieAlertService.exe
Size: 65.91 KB (65912 bytes)
MD5: 7ea74628566b4e68dc46b00e110d420f
Detection count: 220
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\ProgramData\ZombieAlert\ZombieAlertService.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 20, 2021
C:\ProgramData\ZombieAlert\ZombieAlert.exe File name: ZombieAlert.exe
Size: 42.87 KB (42872 bytes)
MD5: 13768387d1e3ce7c5baaedaf010f0cc6
Detection count: 218
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\ProgramData\ZombieAlert\ZombieAlert.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 31, 2022
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\ZombieAlert\up\2.6.80\ZombieAlert.exe File name: ZombieAlert.exe
Size: 694B (694 bytes)
MD5: cfea73cb3f356da98d657a08d5994e06
Detection count: 95
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\ZombieAlert\up\2.6.80
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 3, 2014
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\ZombieAlert\up\2.6.80\ZombieAlert.exe File name: ZombieAlert.exe
Size: 24.22 KB (24229 bytes)
MD5: b4ece32f280c42104a8b35e91c69c8ac
Detection count: 86
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\ZombieAlert\up\2.6.80
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 3, 2014
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\ZombieAlert\ZombieAlertService.exe File name: ZombieAlertService.exe
Size: 64.88 KB (64888 bytes)
MD5: 02fc92b1e3ce523a62bfe59ebd45796e
Detection count: 80
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\ZombieAlert
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 3, 2014
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\ZombieAlert\up\2.6.80\ZombieAlert.exe File name: ZombieAlert.exe
Size: 30.31 KB (30312 bytes)
MD5: 87f8dfe12513ef3dc35dbe3dff354e2d
Detection count: 68
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\ZombieAlert\up\2.6.80
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 3, 2014
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\ZombieAlert\up\2.6.80\ZombieAlert.exe File name: ZombieAlert.exe
Size: 15.51 KB (15517 bytes)
MD5: 466fa848a0da8ac74f60fd8faad61bab
Detection count: 50
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\ZombieAlert\up\2.6.80
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 3, 2014
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\ZombieAlert\ZombieAlert.exe File name: ZombieAlert.exe
Size: 151.41 KB (151416 bytes)
MD5: 3bac8c6ac2a36795a16986ffb12f9b81
Detection count: 45
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\ZombieAlert
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 3, 2014
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\ZombieAlert\ZombieAlertService.exe File name: ZombieAlertService.exe
Size: 64.88 KB (64888 bytes)
MD5: c3a4489eeea6dadcb947e5e74ea0f585
Detection count: 44
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\ZombieAlert
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 3, 2014
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\ZombieAlert\up\2.6.80\ZombieAlert.exe File name: ZombieAlert.exe
Size: 31.48 KB (31489 bytes)
MD5: f22fccafe5b403955122d86e35b22460
Detection count: 32
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\ZombieAlert\up\2.6.80
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 3, 2014
C:\ProgramData\ZombieAlert\Uninstall.exe File name: Uninstall.exe
Size: 523.12 KB (523128 bytes)
MD5: c434b4d63df06e681a01032c159b169f
Detection count: 28
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\ProgramData\ZombieAlert\Uninstall.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 21, 2021
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\ZombieAlert\up\2.6.80\ZombieAlert.exe File name: ZombieAlert.exe
Size: 985B (985 bytes)
MD5: c54351646b3bb1c3ddd5a3d105b79de0
Detection count: 10
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\ZombieAlert\up\2.6.80
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 3, 2014
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\ZombieAlert\uninstall.exe File name: uninstall.exe
Size: 516.6 KB (516608 bytes)
MD5: 0815e5c0c66cc2d4dfc32dd92c3f2f00
Detection count: 7
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\ZombieAlert
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 3, 2014
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\ZombieAlert\up\2.6.80\ZombieAlert.exe File name: ZombieAlert.exe
Size: 30.03 KB (30037 bytes)
MD5: f88a81ccf7ae99ff627ad953dd65b3d4
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\ZombieAlert\up\2.6.80
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 27, 2020

More files

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ZombieAlert_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ZombieAlert_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ZombieAlertService_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ZombieAlertService_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\ZombieAlert_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\ZombieAlert_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\ZombieAlertService_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\ZombieAlertService_RASMANCSSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\ZombieAlertSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\ZombieAlertSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\ZombieAlertHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}ZombieAlert

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\ZombieAlert%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\ZombieAlert%LOCALAPPDATA%\ZombieAlert%SystemDrive%\ZombieAlert
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