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Bronze Aid Ads

Posted: November 23, 2015

Threat Metric

Ranking: 9,026
Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 9,315
First Seen: November 19, 2015
Last Seen: September 19, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Bronze Aid is adware that may expose you to numerous additional commercial materials when you are online. According to the creator of this unreliable add-on, which is SuperWeb LLC, the purpose of new deals, coupons and vouchers is to make it easier for you to shop online. Theoretically, the ads should let you buy the things you need at a lower price. The real consequences for the browsers, however, may not be as positive as some clients could anticipate. The commercial materials that Bronze Aid inserts may come in large quantities, which may cause annoyance and minor performance problems. In any site you open, you may encounter pop-ups, banners or eye-catching animations. The exact content of the deals may be specific to the particular PC user because this adware may access the surfing history and other browsing-related data.

The experts' advice is to be careful if you want to explore them. It is even better to ignore them completely. The reason is related to the security of your PC because there can be no verification that all partner pages of SuperWeb LLC are safe. Some may be involved in various hoaxes or offer compromised software. You should not forget that some of the multimedia ads like videos and animations may use a lot of system resources, which may disrupt the performance of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Just like other ad-oriented extensions by SuperWeb LLC, Bronze Aid may rely on the bundling method for its distribution, which means it may enter together with some third-party applications. Unfortunately, the manual removal of this adware may not fix your browsers, so you should use advanced security software.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

CLSID{023f8274-8b83-4703-8d43-ea88233a2c8d}{463AB33C-BE3A-45F3-A63F-23603A2D3498}{63C4AC80-F164-466B-85E8-B444B02D9A09}{9b6cf162-7bd6-4554-a6ed-f978077da266}{a5bfd1d3-18b6-4fc3-b3f9-262ae3552dbe}{C6C18BB9-3371-4852-A58C-ECF3F2422C55}{f374d042-c756-455b-b11b-e79fb030c4fe}{FCD654E1-A9FB-41FF-80A0-5D37DF0D62E0}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\BronzeAidSoftware\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{F374D042-C756-455B-B11B-E79FB030C4FE}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\bronzeaid-a.akamaihd.netSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{a5bfd1d3-18b6-4fc3-b3f9-262ae3552dbe}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\BronzeAidSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{a5bfd1d3-18b6-4fc3-b3f9-262ae3552dbe}SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Service Mgr BronzeAidSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Update Mgr BronzeAidSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\Service Mgr BronzeAidSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\Update Mgr BronzeAidSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Service Mgr BronzeAidSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Update Mgr BronzeAidHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}Bronze Aid

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%PROGRAMFILES%\Bronze Aid%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Bronze Aid%temp%\Bronze Aid

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