Adware.Applon
Posted: May 20, 2014
Threat Metric
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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: | 10,958 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 5,581 |
First Seen: | May 20, 2014 |
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Last Seen: | October 14, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Adware.Applon is adware that may declare to provide PC users with a variety of online deals and offers while they are shopping online. Adware.Applon may circulate and enter a PC without a computer user's permission or as an optional tool packaged with free software. Once Adware.Applon is installed on the computer system, it may make system modifications and download its own components on all Web browsers installed on the PC. When the computer user opens and uses Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or other major Web browsers, Adware.Applon may start showing unwanted pop-up advertisements and underlined words. Adware.Applon may also result in irritating browser redirects to unsafe websites that were produced to possibly gain benefit from clicks on pop-up ads and banners and raised website traffic.
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:\Program Files (x86)\PopcornTV\Applon_ie.dll
File name: Applon_ie.dllSize: 653.82 KB (653824 bytes)
MD5: df115effb3c29c00001c1d08ebd6ad55
Detection count: 4,876
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\PopcornTV\Applon_ie.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 17, 2022
plug.zip
File name: plug.zipSize: 507.49 KB (507498 bytes)
MD5: 61999a24bdd0a67785ce53de06f3e4fa
Detection count: 86
Mime Type: unknown/zip
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 20, 2014
Pluginstall.exe
File name: Pluginstall.exeSize: 2.79 MB (2796896 bytes)
MD5: bc05a1457c4af4948cbb4120b9e566cd
Detection count: 11
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 20, 2014
Registry Modifications
CLSID{1B4D240E-8BDE-4C8D-8B93-C74D2F8A8284}{46BD034B-079B-4090-8E21-E6D49B94B585}{B903B98B-98E7-496F-A64C-417322D9B69F}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{1B4D240E-8BDE-4C8D-8B93-C74D2F8A8284}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{1B4D240E-8BDE-4C8D-8B93-C74D2F8A8284}Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Settings\{1B4D240E-8BDE-4C8D-8B93-C74D2F8A8284}Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{1B4D240E-8BDE-4C8D-8B93-C74D2F8A8284}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{1B4D240E-8BDE-4C8D-8B93-C74D2F8A8284}
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