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HealthCareGovTool

Posted: March 9, 2015

Threat Metric

Ranking: 6,813
Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 13,924
First Seen: February 26, 2015
Last Seen: October 12, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

HealthcareGovTool is an adware-laced web browser add-on or extension that claims to be in help of users while surfing the HealthCare.gov website and save time. In reality, HealthcareGovTool is a monetization platform that is created for the benefit of adware developers. Once infiltrated your system, HealthcareGovTool may display different types of irritating advertising materials such as pop-ups, banners, etc. In addition, HealthcareGovTool may collect information about your online habits and activities and later use it for marketing purposes. According to computer security researchers, HealthcareGovTool is related to other adware applications such as PastaQuotes and PriceFountain. In case you find any of them on your system, it is advised to utilize anti-malware tool and remove these apps.

Aliases

WS.Reputation.1 [Symantec]Adware.Superfish.227 [DrWeb]Generic.C68 [AVG]Adware.Superfish.217 [DrWeb]Win32:Adware-gen [Adw] [Avast]Adware.Superfish.96 [DrWeb]

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:



%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SysFiles\WeWatcherProxy.exe File name: WeWatcherProxy.exe
Size: 1.73 MB (1739808 bytes)
MD5: 4730f0d10584bc0b06d303ad72cfbbab
Detection count: 94
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SysFiles
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 18, 2017
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SysFiles\WeWatcherProxy.exe File name: WeWatcherProxy.exe
Size: 1.73 MB (1739808 bytes)
MD5: da1549898f29e2a8610d81a6973885ed
Detection count: 87
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SysFiles
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 24, 2019
%WINDIR%\system32\WWatcherLSP.dll File name: WWatcherLSP.dll
Size: 293 KB (293008 bytes)
MD5: aa496569006248dd40ef901a6488bd3c
Detection count: 73
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %WINDIR%\system32
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 28, 2015
%WINDIR%\SysWOW64\WWatcherLSP.dll File name: WWatcherLSP.dll
Size: 305.79 KB (305792 bytes)
MD5: fe7b3418e539cfa3de469f1d9d08e60c
Detection count: 42
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %WINDIR%\SysWOW64\WWatcherLSP.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 14, 2020
%PROGRAMFILES%\SysFiles\WeWatcherProxy.exe File name: WeWatcherProxy.exe
Size: 1.82 MB (1824248 bytes)
MD5: c508e16b9f70d5dd5525b34cb61a18ff
Detection count: 35
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\SysFiles
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 18, 2017
%WINDIR%\system32\WeWatcherLSP.dll File name: WeWatcherLSP.dll
Size: 305.96 KB (305960 bytes)
MD5: cf048fcce7d0afe2f3d032f6ce23a8fa
Detection count: 30
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %WINDIR%\system32
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 9, 2015
%PROGRAMFILES%\SysFiles\WeWatcherProxy.exe File name: WeWatcherProxy.exe
Size: 1.86 MB (1862408 bytes)
MD5: 24e84ec48f98a1cac7fcd0cd5ee5a20f
Detection count: 23
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\SysFiles
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 18, 2017
%PROGRAMFILES%\ServiceUpdater\WeWatcherProxy.exe File name: WeWatcherProxy.exe
Size: 1.74 MB (1741016 bytes)
MD5: 637edd577ebf0a1d947aed6ab8789708
Detection count: 20
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\ServiceUpdater
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 18, 2017
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SysFiles\WebWatcherProxy.exe File name: WebWatcherProxy.exe
Size: 1.52 MB (1526000 bytes)
MD5: 6c17ab63f9b8c2d9bd85d8cc4ccecb51
Detection count: 16
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SysFiles
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 18, 2017
%PROGRAMFILES%\SysFiles\WeWatcherProxy.exe File name: WeWatcherProxy.exe
Size: 1.73 MB (1739808 bytes)
MD5: 45acb025340734b9bef1f8d31f6d2a38
Detection count: 11
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\SysFiles
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 18, 2017

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

CLSID{00D9F0F4-07BB-46A9-9993-C8F7EA2A21F3}{07FD117E-BAC6-4F75-8570-B4FCE1084A67}{1B9C5796-93EC-4BD1-B78B-7CA9CC41CBF4}{2811C0FA-9761-43EA-9AD5-A0421A0B7F39}{3A9C223B-F390-430D-A334-990BC5E729AB}{41CB0A85-E6F1-4870-A57C-26B9A4621E48}{48FA6A2A-A39E-4E08-A210-57D7E485F9C2}{4AA35302-BF9B-4094-9CDF-BE94BF46E3C1}{5534719D-3FBF-4B02-9EB1-460277DBE138}{562B9316-C08A-444A-9482-62080DD851AE}{61A32176-4B99-4D75-BFCB-5CB2B3B7E42E}{85F3ED44-E37B-46D1-8BF8-6E49D4F34EC8}{BB5E0EB5-8A8C-441E-B6B0-D8A5614571C7}{BF0D7E34-16EC-4682-8144-34007DD3A8C7}{CB096813-49C6-4D28-A48A-3911F7A2F629}{D3339B22-715E-4A50-A27D-248949E43CF7}{DC3AB55D-3513-40CB-8A9B-7ABEF8CA30F2}{DED2C126-AACF-4F4C-B916-8A220ACCC234}{EC67C245-F357-4687-A695-B96A7DACF38D}{F1C51A2C-95E6-4BE8-8323-4ACDA99F68B3}{F76C5FE5-5CAA-4B3B-8A94-126BC3F47475}{F81EFBCB-6699-497D-9744-99206A6A88EB}{FA80FB09-4BE0-4796-AF67-FE5858BC301D}{FF392F00-BDC2-468B-9255-00F8E8EBD017}Regexp file mask%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Mozilla Firefox\extensions\healthcare@healthcaregovtool.com.xpi%temp%\WWatcher[RANDOM CHARACTERS].log%WINDIR%\SysFilesController\SysFiles_backup.exe%WINDIR%\SysHealthController\SysFiles_backup.exe%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\SysHealth_Controller_Mon%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\SysProgs_Controller_Mon%WINDIR%\System32\WeWatcherLSP64.dll%WINDIR%\System32\WWatcherLSP64.dll%WINDIR%\System32\WWatcherProxyOff.ini%WINDIR%\SysWOW64\WeWatcherLSP.dll%WINDIR%\SysWOW64\WWatcherLSP.dll%WINDIR%\SysWOW64\WWatcherProxyOff.iniHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\WWatcherProxy.EXESOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\SysHealth_Controller_MonSOFTWARE\WeWatcherProxySOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Classes\AppID\WWatcherProxy.EXESOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\WeWatcherProxySOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\WWatcherProxySYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Network\WeWatcherProxySYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Network\WWatcherProxySYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\WWatcherProxySYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\SafeBoot\Network\WeWatcherProxySYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\SafeBoot\Network\WWatcherProxySYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\WWatcherProxySYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Network\WeWatcherProxySYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Network\WWatcherProxySYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\WWatcherProxyHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}HealthcareGovToolutilProgramsWebWatcherInstallWinWiki

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%PROGRAMFILES%\HealthcareGovTool%PROGRAMFILES%\ServiceUpdater%PROGRAMFILES%\SysPrograms%PROGRAMFILES%\WebWatcher%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\HealthcareGovTool%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ServiceUpdater%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SysPrograms%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\WebWatcher%WinDir%\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\WWatcherProxy
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