SpadeCast
Threat Scorecard
EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecard
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| Threat Level: | 20 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 482 |
| First Seen: | February 20, 2014 |
| Last Seen: | December 6, 2022 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
SpadeCast is adware that may declare to provide PC users with a variety of online deals and offers while they are shopping on the Internet. SpadeCast may access the PC without the computer user's permission. Once SpadeCast invades the computer system, it may make system modifications and download its own components on all the Web browsers installed on the PC. When the computer user opens and uses Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or other well-known Web browsers, SpadeCast may start showing unwanted pop-up advertisements and underlined words. SpadeCast may also result in disturbing browser redirects to unreliable websites that were produced to possibly make money from clicks on pop-up ads and banners and raised website traffic. SpadeCast may not need the computer user to download it manually because it may easily circulate and enter the PC through bundled freeware.
Table of Contents
Aliases
7 security vendors flagged this file as malicious.
| Anti-Virus Software | Detection |
|---|---|
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric |
| Sophos | Generic PUA FN |
| McAfee | Artemis!3D64BCED876B |
| Fortinet | Riskware/BrowseFox |
| Ikarus | AdWare.SpadeCast |
| Sophos | Generic PUA IJ |
| McAfee | Artemis!CCEC652DE1BD |
SpyHunter Detects & Remove SpadeCast
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. | updater.exe | 4571c8be8e40a3cac971ee05705f82ad | 132 |
| 2. | updater.exe | cc133011b152f0c624ad464ba2c19904 | 33 |
Registry Details
Directories
SpadeCast may create the following directory or directories:
| %PROGRAMFILES%\SpadeCast |
| %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\SpadeCast |
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