Deal Dropper
Posted: January 7, 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.
Threat Level: | 2/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 290 |
First Seen: | January 7, 2014 |
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Last Seen: | August 14, 2022 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Deal Dropper is adware that may show annoying random advertisements on the screen of the computer when the PC user is visiting shopping related and social networking websites. The pop-up advertisements shown by Deal Dropper may provide PC users with numerous discounts and offers. If the computer user clicks on the pop-up ads delivered by Deal Dropper, it may unwillingly divert him to suspicious websites. Deal Dropper may be installed into Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome while the computer user is installing freeware. While being installed on the computer system, Deal Dropper may change browser settings and modify the default start page and search engine with an unreliable website.
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:Deal-Dropper.exe
File name: Deal-Dropper.exeSize: 1.06 MB (1068672 bytes)
MD5: a5a3348a08f702e99028997616c17fb6
Detection count: 15
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 9, 2014
Registry Modifications
HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Deal-DropperSoftware\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{41708E47-E97E-4051-A609-B88B398BCC94}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\ElevationPolicy\{15DF158E-43BC-45E4-BDBA-42C8D61067E1}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{41708E47-E97E-4051-A609-B88B398BCC94}Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Settings\{41708E47-E97E-4051-A609-B88B398BCC94}Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{41708E47-E97E-4051-A609-B88B398BCC94}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Ext\CLSID\{41708E47-E97E-4051-A609-B88B398BCC94}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\Deal-DropperSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\Deal-Dropper-repairJobSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Deal-DropperSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\ElevationPolicy\{15DF158E-43BC-45E4-BDBA-42C8D61067E1}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{41708E47-E97E-4051-A609-B88B398BCC94}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Ext\CLSID\{41708E47-E97E-4051-A609-B88B398BCC94}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\Deal-DropperSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\Deal-Dropper-repairJob
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