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Offers4U

Posted: November 5, 2013

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 1,389
First Seen: November 5, 2013
Last Seen: October 18, 2022
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Offers4U is an online advertising network focusing on shopping 'bargains' that often are themed after the content of the sites that you visit. While the content promoted through Offers4U isn't a major threat to your PC, malware researchers have seen Offers4U advertisements may deliberately ignore basic browser security features, along with Offers4U adware's tendency to install itself surreptitiously. Offers4U pop-up issues are particularly common for Chrome but also may affect other browsers, and the use of anti-malware products to delete Offers4U adware always should be considered as your first option against such invasive advertising.

The Offers for You that Keep Coming... and Coming

Offers4U isn't a single program, but an advertisement network that may be related to any of various similar adware applications and other Potentially Unwanted Programs. Offers4U adware may be distributed through software bundles and freeware sites, with the associated adware usually installed as part of the installation of an unrelated browser add-on. Since this installation doesn't necessarily warn you about the incoming Offers4U advertisements, PC users tend to be unaware of any problems up until the point their browser starts loading Offers4U's shopping product comparisons automatically.

Offers4U advertisements usually are injected into unrelated Web pages as banners and may ignore any advertisement-blocking features of your browser or its add-ons. Although Offers4U's usually will not be threatening to your PC, the fact that they are loaded without your permission and without allowing you to disable them does make them a prospective security issue that should be plugged as soon as possible. Most Offers4U adware attacks appear to be specialized for the Chrome browser, although there are no technical barriers preventing variants of Offers4U adware from targeting other brands of Web browsers at their pleasure.

Getting What's Coming to You without Offers4U

Although not a danger to the same degree as, for example, a Police Trojan, Offers4U adware, like any threat, may be installed without any visible files or program entries that would lead you to a natural uninstallation method. Malware analysts continue to find competent anti-malware products to be the best means of removing both Offers4U adware and similarly-concealed PC threats. However, since overall industry detection rates for Offers4U adware continue to be somewhat unreliable, you should be careful to update any anti-malware scanners to their latest threat databases before using them to scan your computer.

Personal behavior also plays a large part in Offers4U's distribution. By avoiding sites with histories of distributing various PC threats and PUPs, you may avoid the software bundles that are most likely to install the Offers4U adware. Attentiveness to any options proffered during an install process also may allow you an opportunity for avoiding Offers4U advertisements merely by opting out at will.

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:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\DynamicPricer\IE\DynamicPricer.dll File name: DynamicPricer.dll
Size: 55.29 KB (55296 bytes)
MD5: c552d04dc80b3997432c208b99697874
Detection count: 874
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\DynamicPricer\IE\DynamicPricer.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 18, 2021

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\DynamicPricer_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\DynamicPricer_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\DynamicPricerInstaller_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\DynamicPricerInstaller_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Mozilla\Firefox\Extensions\DynamicPricer@dynamic-pricer.com

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%APPDATA%\Offers4u%LOCALAPPDATA%\DynamicPricer%LOCALAPPDATA%\Offers4u%PROGRAMFILES%\Offers4u%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Offers4u

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