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Adware.Pirrit

Posted: January 23, 2014

Threat Metric

Ranking: 6,799
Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 300,367
First Seen: January 23, 2014
Last Seen: October 14, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows


Adware.Pirrit is adware that may display random pop-up advertisements or advertisements linked to the PC user's surfing habits in a web browser when a computer user is visiting various questionable websites. The Adware.Pirrit ads may indicate that a PC is corrupted by adware or a potentially unwanted program. Adware.Pirrit may propagate and install itself onto the PC through packaged free software, which computer users can download and install from the Internet. Free applications may often carry various extra software, which may be not necessary for the PC user. Therefore, when the computer user installs any free tool, he should carefully look through what he is going to install together with the desired program that has been selected. When installed, the Adware.Pirrit browser extension may highlight words on the websites that are visited by computer users substituting them with hyperlinks. These Adware.Pirrit links may be added within the text, and may come with a double underline to separate them from normal links. When the PC user rolls the mouse over the link, the pop-up advertisements of Adware.Pirrit may emerge on the desktop. If the PC user clicks on the Adware.Pirrit pop-up links, the makers of the browser plug-in may make a profit from these ad clicks.

Aliases

Generic5.AUTI [AVG]Riskware/Pirrit [Fortinet]Trj/CI.A [Panda]GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Tirrip [Antiy-AVL]RDN/Generic PUP.x!c2y [McAfee-GW-Edition]Adware.Pirrit.2 [DrWeb]ApplicUnwnt [Comodo]Generic PUA PC [Sophos]not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Tirrip.f [Kaspersky]Win32:PirritSuggestor-A [Adw] [Avast]Trojan.Gen.2 [Symantec]Adware ( 004a0c581 ) [K7AntiVirus]AdWare.Tirrip.r5 (Not a Virus) [CAT-QuickHeal]Win32.Backdoor.NGService.C [GData]WS.Reputation.1 [Symantec]
More aliases (34)

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%\WinSystem\Updater\WinSystemUpdater.exe File name: WinSystemUpdater.exe
Size: 240.64 KB (240640 bytes)
MD5: f84f55d365a414e52d3d0821a60855e5
Detection count: 363
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Updater
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 13, 2017
%PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Cleaner\WinSystemCleaner.exe File name: WinSystemCleaner.exe
Size: 1.06 MB (1062912 bytes)
MD5: ee8bda935c173d53fa6b8da4585e88bc
Detection count: 326
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Cleaner
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 13, 2017
%PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Cleaner\WinSystemCleaner.exe File name: WinSystemCleaner.exe
Size: 1.06 MB (1062912 bytes)
MD5: 80485cc586df371dcc9c86c1a33cd170
Detection count: 176
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Cleaner
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 13, 2017
%PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Cleaner\WinSystemCleaner.exe File name: WinSystemCleaner.exe
Size: 1.06 MB (1062912 bytes)
MD5: 2843a01b05c92f7b2bb3bd56c0a3886a
Detection count: 119
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Cleaner
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 13, 2017
%PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Updater\WinSystemUpdater.exe File name: WinSystemUpdater.exe
Size: 240.64 KB (240640 bytes)
MD5: e4fb25d368c4b69ebd24d67d1f899040
Detection count: 117
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Updater
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 13, 2017
%PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Cleaner\WinSystemCleaner.exe File name: WinSystemCleaner.exe
Size: 1.06 MB (1062912 bytes)
MD5: b9de551766ec5d6524c1d6c3966c8fb0
Detection count: 87
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Cleaner
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 13, 2017
%PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Cleaner\WinSystemCleaner.exe File name: WinSystemCleaner.exe
Size: 1.06 MB (1062912 bytes)
MD5: e12a76cca3c59c6f2f41dca30d7fc06f
Detection count: 63
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Cleaner
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 13, 2017
%PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Cleaner\WinSystemCleaner.exe File name: WinSystemCleaner.exe
Size: 831.48 KB (831488 bytes)
MD5: f89ed6e2bf840b0681b43adc4fbe2109
Detection count: 63
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Cleaner
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 13, 2017
%SystemDrive%\Program Files\WinSystem\Updater\WinSystemUpdater.exe File name: WinSystemUpdater.exe
Size: 240.64 KB (240640 bytes)
MD5: 9cb50c1dc0734aa571b562605f5a11cb
Detection count: 49
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SystemDrive%\Program Files\WinSystem\Updater
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 13, 2017
%PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Cleaner\WinSystemCleaner.exe File name: WinSystemCleaner.exe
Size: 1.06 MB (1062912 bytes)
MD5: 0a68e284f7db0068d6f1c60691d8ac6a
Detection count: 40
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Cleaner
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 13, 2017
%PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Updater\WinSystemUpdater.exe File name: WinSystemUpdater.exe
Size: 240.64 KB (240640 bytes)
MD5: e7ffa68f4a9e8a25c33b8514021fbb37
Detection count: 37
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Updater
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 13, 2017
%PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Cleaner\WinSystemCleaner.exe File name: WinSystemCleaner.exe
Size: 831.48 KB (831488 bytes)
MD5: 2f7a6667fbca9e3d6cc08c99e190d029
Detection count: 37
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Cleaner
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 13, 2017
%PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Updater\WinSystemUpdater.exe File name: WinSystemUpdater.exe
Size: 240.64 KB (240640 bytes)
MD5: 968d4f1863413bc72c88892a58aa146d
Detection count: 37
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Updater
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 13, 2017
%PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Updater\WinSystemUpdater.exe File name: WinSystemUpdater.exe
Size: 240.64 KB (240640 bytes)
MD5: 163e236b2de9240d630c5f406e04c2fd
Detection count: 37
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Updater
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 13, 2017
%SystemDrive%\Program Files\WinSystem\Updater\WinSystemUpdater.exe File name: WinSystemUpdater.exe
Size: 240.64 KB (240640 bytes)
MD5: a969ee001d1e5f85d9807cf673e11781
Detection count: 30
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SystemDrive%\Program Files\WinSystem\Updater
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 13, 2017
%PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Updater\WinSystemUpdater.exe File name: WinSystemUpdater.exe
Size: 240.64 KB (240640 bytes)
MD5: 8d0107719204715e22affdbcaa734c93
Detection count: 28
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Updater
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 13, 2017
%SystemDrive%\Program Files\WinSystem\Cleaner\WinSystemCleaner.exe File name: WinSystemCleaner.exe
Size: 1.06 MB (1062912 bytes)
MD5: dd2219ddf44d5319d3fd0a5aafbec6df
Detection count: 26
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SystemDrive%\Program Files\WinSystem\Cleaner
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 13, 2017
%SystemDrive%\Program Files\WinSystem\Updater\WinSystemUpdater.exe File name: WinSystemUpdater.exe
Size: 240.64 KB (240640 bytes)
MD5: a30bea5db94bb8feb9f6b7cdfc34c99a
Detection count: 26
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SystemDrive%\Program Files\WinSystem\Updater
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 13, 2017
%PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Updater\WinSystemUpdater.exe File name: WinSystemUpdater.exe
Size: 240.64 KB (240640 bytes)
MD5: 93170b03f6655d0c99c9a20880c6aa29
Detection count: 23
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Updater
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 13, 2017
%PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Updater\WinSystemUpdater.exe File name: WinSystemUpdater.exe
Size: 240.64 KB (240640 bytes)
MD5: 09f8718526460a801f9756608cc33630
Detection count: 23
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Updater
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 13, 2017

More files

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

CLSID{D40C654D-7C51-4EB3-95B2-1E23905C2A2D}Regexp file mask%PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Cleaner\WinSystemCleaner.exe%PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Services\WinSystemServices.exe%PROGRAMFILES%\WinSystem\Updater\WinSystemUpdater.exeHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Classes\Pirrit.PirritHelperSoftware\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{D40C654D-7C51-4EB3-95B2-1E23905C2A2D}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{d40c654d-7c51-4eb3-95b2-1e23905c2a2d}Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Settings\{D40C654D-7C51-4EB3-95B2-1E23905C2A2D}Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{D40C654D-7C51-4EB3-95B2-1E23905C2A2D}Software\PirritSOFTWARE\Pirrit SolutionsSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{d40c654d-7c51-4eb3-95b2-1e23905c2a2d}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\PirritSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Pirrit SolutionsSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\PirritDesktopSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\PirritUpdaterSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\PirritDesktopSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\PirritUpdater

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%AppData%\Pirrit%LOCALAPPDATA%\Pirrit Suggestor%LOCALAPPDATA%\PirritSuggestor%PROGRAMFILES%\Pirrit%PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Network Accelerater%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Pirrit%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Windows Network Accelerater%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\PirritSuggestor

One Comment

  • Kaja says:

    Clean also c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file records pointing google domains to some Pirrit server.

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