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Adware.Dealsfinder

Posted: February 18, 2014

Threat Metric

Ranking: 17,023
Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 4,513
First Seen: February 18, 2014
Last Seen: October 9, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows


Deals Finder Pro Screenshot 1Adware.Dealsfinder is adware that may show disturbing pop-up advertisements based on the PC user's browsing activities on the computer system. When installed on the PC, Adware.Dealsfinder may add an unwanted browser add-on, plug-in or extension on the Web browser. If Adware.Dealsfinder pop-up advertisements are shown on the computer system once the PC user opens a new tab on the Web browser, it means that the PC may be affected by adware, particularly, Adware.Dealsfinder or a PUP (potentially unwanted program). Adware.Dealsfinder may cover the desktop of the PC with disturbing pop-up ads and messages or the ones pertaining to the PC user's Internet surfing routine in a form of underlined words and text boxes no matter which Web browser is used. Adware.Dealsfinder may be installed onto Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and other popular Web browsers. Adware.Dealsfinder may be installed when downloading freeware from the Internet without the PC user's approval.

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(x86)%\dealsfinder-1\dealsfinder-1-bho64.dll File name: dealsfinder-1-bho64.dll
Size: 965.12 KB (965120 bytes)
MD5: debbd36786378ec1d8e7cd7b14b9e617
Detection count: 3,583
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\dealsfinder-1
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 18, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\dealsfinder-1\Uninstall.exe File name: Uninstall.exe
Size: 77.31 KB (77312 bytes)
MD5: 431b9e8a2f9cc3afbb944ecef7901fde
Detection count: 614
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\dealsfinder-1
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 18, 2014

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\AppDataLow\Software\dealsfinder-1Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{11111111-1111-1111-1111-110411531168}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION\dealsfinder-1-bg.exeSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{11111111-1111-1111-1111-110411531168}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION\dealsfinder-1-bg.exe

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%PROGRAMFILES%\dealsfinder-1%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\dealsfinder-1

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