Ads by iDeals
Posted: July 8, 2014
Threat Metric
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: | 14,800 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 9,003 |
First Seen: | July 8, 2014 |
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Last Seen: | September 6, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Ads by iDeals is an adware application that may load through the installation of various freeware programs or bundled software apps. Upon installation of the Ads by iDeals program it may load several plugins or add-ons within your web browser applications. These components will allow various ads to be displayed while surfing the internet. Additionally, performance of various web browsers may suffer due to the Ads by iDeals rendering ads on your screen. Eliminating the Ads by iDeals from displaying may require you to find and remove all components related to Ads by iDeals within your system. Removal of the actual Ads by iDeals program may also be a requirement to stop the various pop-up ads from loading. In other situations the removal of Ads by iDeals may take the use of an antimalware tool to safely detect and remove all instances of the Ads by iDeals program.
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:%PROGRAMFILES%\iDeals Shopping Optimizer\ShoppingOptimizerBHO.dll
File name: ShoppingOptimizerBHO.dllSize: 160.25 KB (160256 bytes)
MD5: 9127d773420d44f18f45a096e637221f
Detection count: 3,839
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\iDeals Shopping Optimizer
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 26, 2017
%PROGRAMFILES%\iDeals Shopping Optimizer\ShoppingOptimizerBHO.dll
File name: ShoppingOptimizerBHO.dllSize: 108.03 KB (108032 bytes)
MD5: 43a732fc0b22636a5b67bf40b1a43018
Detection count: 1,424
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\iDeals Shopping Optimizer
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 26, 2017
C:\Program Files\iDeals Shopping Optimizer\ShoppingOptimizerBHO.dll
File name: ShoppingOptimizerBHO.dllSize: 137.21 KB (137216 bytes)
MD5: b6855bff2513c9a97209d2596715d15c
Detection count: 925
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\Program Files\iDeals Shopping Optimizer\ShoppingOptimizerBHO.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 23, 2022
%PROGRAMFILES%\iDeals Shopping Optimizer\ShoppingOptimizerBHO.dll
File name: ShoppingOptimizerBHO.dllSize: 95.23 KB (95232 bytes)
MD5: 2235e8ee3012cdcd01aca48270a5584f
Detection count: 230
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\iDeals Shopping Optimizer
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 26, 2017
C:\Program Files\Faster Web\ShoppingOptimizerBHO.dll
File name: ShoppingOptimizerBHO.dllSize: 160.25 KB (160256 bytes)
MD5: 55009638d782dbf2c56bde495cf8b53f
Detection count: 122
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\Program Files\Faster Web\ShoppingOptimizerBHO.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 22, 2023
%PROGRAMFILES%\iDeals Shopping Optimizer\ShoppingOptimizerBHO.dll
File name: ShoppingOptimizerBHO.dllSize: 137.21 KB (137216 bytes)
MD5: 1f0a1d2d6ca529e5661f2568e9db4805
Detection count: 15
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\iDeals Shopping Optimizer
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 26, 2017
%PROGRAMFILES%\iDeals Shopping Optimizer\ShoppingOptimizerBHO.dll
File name: ShoppingOptimizerBHO.dllSize: 137.21 KB (137216 bytes)
MD5: f31ca4adab254709d20032107572abfe
Detection count: 7
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\iDeals Shopping Optimizer
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 26, 2017
Registry Modifications
CLSID{79F768ED-0B12-42EF-8257-36751A0ECF3A}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{79F768ED-0B12-42EF-8257-36751A0ECF3A}Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Settings\{79F768ED-0B12-42EF-8257-36751A0ECF3A}Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{79F768ED-0B12-42EF-8257-36751A0ECF3A}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Ext\CLSID\{79F768ED-0B12-42EF-8257-36751A0ECF3A}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{79F768ED-0B12-42EF-8257-36751A0ECF3A}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Ext\CLSID\{79F768ED-0B12-42EF-8257-36751A0ECF3A}
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