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Discovery App

Posted: November 2, 2015

Threat Metric

Ranking: 4,987
Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 13,921
First Seen: October 29, 2015
Last Seen: October 14, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Discovery App is the next questionable piece of software by SuperWeb LLC. The name of this company is associated with dozens of ad-oriented Web extensions such as Information Vent, Thirteen Degrees and Jungle Net The products of this developer may fill the browsers with unrequested commercial materials, which the clients may perceive as a highly annoying process. The Discovery App works in an identical way as other unreliable programs by this firm. This tool possesses an official page, but you may be interested to find out that it doesn't contain a download button. Its preferred and commonly applied distribution strategy is called 'bundling.' You may load the Discovery App unintentionally in case you skip the details during the installation of some cost-free applications. When it gets access to the PC, this suspicious add-on may attach towards all of the browsers you have on your PC. You may notice a different homepage when you launch Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer. SuperWeb LLC may set low-quality search engines as starting pages to redirect users towards its partners. As you surf the Web, you also may notice increased amounts of pop-ups, banners and interstitial ads. Some of them may be labeled as 'Powered by SuperWeb LLC,' but others may seem as if they were part of the specific webpage. It is not advisable to click on new commercial elements because you cannot be certain about they leading to legitimate sites. It is possible some compromised links to take you to compromised sites that may cause problems for your system. Some users complain that Discovery App may reappear if they attempt a manual removal from the Control Panel, so you should use a dedicated security solution.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

CLSID{14B8FEAC-8EEE-4630-861B-4DF1FED43127}{23D34738-E43F-455B-B9FE-56968533500D}{2F7896AE-9F05-4F5A-A3FE-6F561FA28063}{6f4d87b1-31ba-475a-aad6-b157e31e897e}{ba32987d-db80-4ccb-a8bb-f812b5421c0f}{EAF8EEB4-71A2-41DA-B91C-6E2904B188CA}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\{2d7406ab-9e68-42e7-a00a-0966593b63c7}SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\{bf2d6346-7e40-4561-ac08-418d432d200f}SOFTWARE\DiscoveryAppSoftware\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{2A361EFD-FB26-4D2C-82EF-2535D46B8C07}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{6F4D87B1-31BA-475A-AAD6-B157E31E897E}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{ba32987d-db80-4ccb-a8bb-f812b5421c0f}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\discoveryapp-a.akamaihd.netSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage\discoveryapp-a.akamaihd.netSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{2a361efd-fb26-4d2c-82ef-2535d46b8c07}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{ba32987d-db80-4ccb-a8bb-f812b5421c0f}Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Settings\{ba32987d-db80-4ccb-a8bb-f812b5421c0f}Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{ba32987d-db80-4ccb-a8bb-f812b5421c0f}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Classes\AppID\{2d7406ab-9e68-42e7-a00a-0966593b63c7}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Classes\AppID\{bf2d6346-7e40-4561-ac08-418d432d200f}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\DiscoveryAppSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{2a361efd-fb26-4d2c-82ef-2535d46b8c07}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{ba32987d-db80-4ccb-a8bb-f812b5421c0f}SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Service Mgr DiscoveryAppSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Update Mgr DiscoveryAppSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\Service Mgr DiscoveryAppSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\Update Mgr DiscoveryAppSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Service Mgr DiscoveryAppSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Update Mgr DiscoveryAppHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}Discovery App

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%PROGRAMFILES%\Discovery App%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Discovery App%temp%\Discovery App
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