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Glomatron

Posted: March 19, 2014

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 431
First Seen: March 24, 2014
Last Seen: April 28, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Glomatron is a potentially unwanted program (PUP), which may display pop-up ads and messages repeatedly while the computer user is browsing the Web. The pop-up advertisements and messages delivered by Glomatron may be shown by its web browser plug-in, add-on or browser extension, which may be bundled and added together with free software that computer users may download from suspicious download websites. When downloading freeware, PC users may get an ad-supported browser plug-in, add-on or browser extension for Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and other well-known Web browsers. The pop-up messages from Glomatron may contain links directing computer users to questionable websites.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

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The following files were created in the system:



%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Glomatron\bin\Glomatron.PurBrowse64.exe File name: Glomatron.PurBrowse64.exe
Size: 287 KB (287008 bytes)
MD5: 92bd3e9f50dd6bc476c5e4dd20f406ce
Detection count: 176
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Glomatron\bin
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 27, 2014

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

CLSID{A294EC83-A520-4A7E-B9FE-5E7CD447A256}{D2595BF7-C9CC-4D7D-B835-6BFE0264F84F}{ef02e4ba-8efc-4ea9-9425-0053d8531453}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{ef02e4ba-8efc-4ea9-9425-0053d8531453}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Glomatron_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Glomatron_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updateGlomatron_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updateGlomatron_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\utilGlomatron_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\utilGlomatron_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\Glomatron_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\Glomatron_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updateGlomatron_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updateGlomatron_RASMANCSSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\Update GlomatronSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\Util GlomatronSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Update GlomatronSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Update GlomatronSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Util GlomatronSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Update Glomatron

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%PROGRAMFILES%\Glomatron%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Glomatron
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