WhenU.WeatherCast
Threat Scorecard
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| Threat Level: | 10 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 8 |
| First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
WhenU.WeatherCast was originally created to provide users with continuous access to their local weather directly from their system trays. Unfortunately, like most freeware and shareware applications, WhenU.WeatherCast often comes bundled with annoying adware programs. Once inside your system, WhenU.WeatherCast may launch numerous pop-up or banner advertisements that are generated according to a victim's browsing habits. WhenU.WeatherCast may also gather internet related information and send it to a remote third party. WhenU.WeatherCast can be uninstalled manually or with automatically with a reliable security tool.
Table of Contents
Aliases
11 security vendors flagged this file as malicious.
| Anti-Virus Software | Detection |
|---|---|
| Panda | Adware/WeatherCast |
| Microsoft | WhenU.WeatherCast (threat-c) |
| McAfee | potentially unwanted program Adware-SaveNow |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SaveNow.z |
| Ikarus | AdWare.SaveNow.Z |
| Fortinet | Adware/WhenU |
| DrWeb | Adware.SaveNow |
| CAT-QuickHeal | AdvWare.SaveNow.Z |
| BitDefender | Application.Whenu.AK |
| AVG | Adware Generic.BWY |
| AntiVir | ADSPY/SaveNow.Z.1 |
SpyHunter Detects & Remove WhenU.WeatherCast
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. | VVSN.exe | de4e6aaf7285ff0b36c82fe7540a0975 | 8 |
