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GoGoGo Radio

Posted: June 2, 2015

Threat Metric

Ranking: 11,659
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 508
First Seen: May 20, 2015
Last Seen: October 2, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

GoGoGo Radio is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that is created and developed by Puredirect LLC. Typically, unwanted software such as GoGoGo Radio are distributed by being bundled with other freeware as 'optional download'. Adware developers often rely on the fact that users mainly choose the "Quick" installation mode and thus they might install untrustworthy software or adware such as GoGoGo Radio. GoGoGo Radio may affect your entire system as well as your web browser. GoGoGo Radio automatically generates intrusive online advertisements that are capable of slowing down your computer. Also, ads by GoGoGo Radio are quite annoying as they are promoted quite frequently and have the capability of redirecting you to unwanted or questionable websites. Adware-related applications such as GoGoGo Radio are also known to install additional unwanted apps like toolbars and sometimes insert tracking cookies. Ads by GoGoGo Radio are based on information collected from your IP address, browsing history, etc. Consequently, tailored advertisements such as the ones by GoGoGo Radio are regarded as unreliable, and it is not advised to click them.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

File name without pathGoGoGo Radio.lnkRegexp file mask%WINDIR%\System32\gogogoradio64.dllHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION\GoRadio.exeSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION\GoRadio.vshost.exeSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\GoRadio_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\GoRadio_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\GoRadioPlayer_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\GoGoGoRadio TraySOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION\GoRadio.exeSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION\GoRadio.vshost.exeSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\GoGoGoRadioSetupx30021_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\GoGoGoRadioSetupx30021_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\GoRadio_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\GoRadio_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\GoRadioPlayer_RASAPI32SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Network\gogogoradioSYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\SafeBoot\Network\gogogoradioSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Network\gogogoradio

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\GoGoGoRadio%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\GoGoGoRadio%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\GoGoGoRadio
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