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MovieDea

Posted: July 22, 2015

Threat Metric

Ranking: 11,662
Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 2,403
First Seen: May 29, 2015
Last Seen: September 27, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

MovieDea is software that may seem very useful at the beginning. It promises to assist the user when he needs any movie-related information. According to the official page of this product, the clients will be able to find out the release dates of the new films, check the ratings and read the latest news. All of this information is readily available on the Internet, so the benefits of keeping MovieDea are highly questionable. The application comes with many other features besides the already mentioned, which are not appreciated by the majority of users. This fact is the reason the experts classify MovieDea as Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). Its presence in the system is always accompanied by some annoying commercial materials. The application generates many pop-ups, banners, animations and targeted videos and inserts them in almost every page you visit. It is certainly unpleasant to face so many unrequested ads. The very existence of this marketing content may distract and irritate the person, but the ads may also affect the whole performance of the web clients. You may notice a significant drop in the functionality because the system resources are necessary for the ads to appear. The banners and pop-ups may lead you to deceptive or frankly dangerous pages, so you should avoid them. If you want to get rid of MovieDea, you should perform an in-depth system scan with professional security software.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\moviedeainstall.comSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION\MovieDea.exeSOFTWARE\Microsoft\MovieDeaSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MovieDeaSOFTWARE\MovieDeaSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION\MovieDea.exeSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\MovieDeaSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MovieDeaSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\MovieDeaHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}MovieDea

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\MovieDeaConfig%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\MovieDeaConfig%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\MovieDea%PROGRAMFILES%\MovieDea%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\MovieDea%TEMP%\MovieDea%TEMP%\MovieDea_Reboot%TEMP%\MovieDea_USB
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