RiskTool.Hooker.a
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| Threat Level: | 40 % (Medium) |
| Infected Computers: | 284 |
| First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
| Last Seen: | December 31, 2022 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
RiskTool.Hooker.a is a Trojan horse that can surreptitiously enter a system and run in the background without a user's knowledge. RiskTool.Hooker.a may download additional malware onto a system causing the performance of the system to deteriorate drastically. RiskTool.Hooker.a will also put a victim's private information at risk of being stolen and used for crimes such as Identity Theft. Running security software and keeping it updated will protect your PC from parasites like RiskTool.Hooker.a.
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Aliases
15 security vendors flagged this file as malicious.
| Anti-Virus Software | Detection |
|---|---|
| Symantec | Adware.Gen |
| Sophos | MadCodeHook |
| Panda | Generic Malware |
| NOD32 | Win32/RiskWare.Hooker.A |
| McAfee | potentially unwanted program Generic PUP |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:RiskTool.Win32.Hooker.a |
| K7AntiVirus | Non-Virus:RiskTool.Win32.Hooker.a |
| Ikarus | not-a-virus:RiskTool.Win32.Hooker |
| Fortinet | W32/Hooker |
| F-Secure | RiskTool.Win32.Hooker.a |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.RiskWare.Hooker.A |
| BitDefender | Application.Generic.33739 |
| AVG | Hook.G |
| Authentium | W32/RiskTool |
| Antiy-AVL | RiskTool/Win32.Hooker |
SpyHunter Detects & Remove RiskTool.Hooker.a
File System Details
| # | File Name | MD5 |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | madCHook.dll | 3b7e3fd1eb6b9ada3b0bb070343a2e77 | 174 |
