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Infonaut

Posted: April 6, 2015

Threat Metric

Ranking: 7,741
Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 19,114
First Seen: April 6, 2015
Last Seen: October 12, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Infonaut is classified as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP), distributed as a bundle towards freeware. It promises to enhance the information searching process. According to the data on infonautapp.com, Infonaut allows the user to receive information from Wikipedia quickly when he highlights words from a text. While this may be true, it doesn't benefit the user as he may access the same information from a new tab. This feature is just an excuse for Infonaut to reach your system, after which it attaches numerous ads to the browser. The developers of this adware claim that their software is supported by the displayed ads, but indeed the ads are the primary goal. The user may start consistently noticing pop-ups, banners and hyperlinked words that try to lure him into sponsored third-party pages. Clicking on these ads isn't encouraged because the promoted sites may attempt to install potentially harmful software. In order to stop the annoying ads, you should remove Infonaut.

Aliases

Generic6.ARHH [AVG]Riskware/Vitruvian [Fortinet]PUA.Vitruvian [Ikarus]Trj/CI.A [Panda]Artemis!D1AFCCBC2BC5 [McAfee]GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.Vitruvian.k [Antiy-AVL]Generic PUA OA [Sophos]Artemis [McAfee-GW-Edition]Adware.Yontoo.73 [DrWeb]ApplicUnwnt [Comodo]not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Vitruvian.k [Kaspersky]Trojan.Gen.2 [Symantec]Adware ( 004bbf601 ) [K7AntiVirus]

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:



C:\Program Files (x86)\Infonaut_1.10.0.14\Service\insvc.exe File name: insvc.exe
Size: 278.6 KB (278600 bytes)
MD5: d1afccbc2bc504f9f0c70b058ebe344b
Detection count: 588
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Infonaut_1.10.0.14\Service\insvc.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 16, 2022
%PROGRAMFILES%\Infonaut_1.10.0.13\Service\insvc.exe File name: insvc.exe
Size: 285.25 KB (285252 bytes)
MD5: 69adc4e6699d9ae72d4277f33d1e7e39
Detection count: 92
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Infonaut_1.10.0.13\Service
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 19, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES%\Infonaut_1.10.0.14\Service\insvc.exe File name: insvc.exe
Size: 320.07 KB (320072 bytes)
MD5: 91a376689bed8248b9e59b57237657e7
Detection count: 82
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Infonaut_1.10.0.14\Service
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 19, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Infonaut_1.10.0.14\Uninstall.exe File name: Uninstall.exe
Size: 359.36 KB (359368 bytes)
MD5: d9680e62612d19af3b30adcbf7455fed
Detection count: 71
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Infonaut_1.10.0.14
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 19, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES%\Infonaut_1.10.0.14\Uninstall.exe File name: Uninstall.exe
Size: 317.89 KB (317896 bytes)
MD5: 8ec57e1237232208921bc9ed94f086b5
Detection count: 66
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Infonaut_1.10.0.14
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 19, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES%\Infonaut_1.10.0.14\Service\insvc.exe File name: insvc.exe
Size: 278.6 KB (278600 bytes)
MD5: 168ac9807d879c8847cb22af569e04d5
Detection count: 64
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Infonaut_1.10.0.14\Service
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 19, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES%\Infonaut_1.10.0.14\Service\insvc.exe File name: insvc.exe
Size: 344.13 KB (344136 bytes)
MD5: b59b77c539832996b6dc687ac16445a7
Detection count: 52
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Infonaut_1.10.0.14\Service
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 19, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES%\Infonaut_1.10.0.14\Service\insvc.exe File name: insvc.exe
Size: 278.6 KB (278600 bytes)
MD5: 800e0730a580c2587ef21188bfe69c55
Detection count: 34
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Infonaut_1.10.0.14\Service
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 19, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Infonaut_1.10.0.13\Service\insvc.exe File name: insvc.exe
Size: 278.6 KB (278600 bytes)
MD5: e4fd21f8f2690f19e55739c09ceb1268
Detection count: 12
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Infonaut_1.10.0.13\Service
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 16, 2022
%TEMP%\is-8EIF4.tmp\infonaut_soft_partner.exe File name: infonaut_soft_partner.exe
Size: 1.51 MB (1510187 bytes)
MD5: 12a97311e344ffc09cf9a9f79e9b7ff6
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %TEMP%\is-8EIF4.tmp
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 7, 2020

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

Regexp file mask%WINDIR%\System32\drivers\innfd[RANDOM CHARACTERS].sys
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