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Phrase Professor Ads

Posted: August 4, 2015

Threat Metric

Ranking: 10,473
Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 7,017
First Seen: August 3, 2015
Last Seen: October 15, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Phrase Professor is a suspicious add-on that changes the configuration of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer in a rather negative manner. This tool possesses all distinctive features of adware. The benefits of keeping it are almost non-existent as it is created to serve the interests of its developers. According to the description of Phrase Professor, it will optimize the process of searching for information. The authors of this add-on proudly declare that when the user highlights a word in the text, a pop-up will immediately provide him with the search results from Wikipedia and Bing. However, this function is already available on the popular web clients. The barely mentioned side effects, such as the presence of advertisements, are the primary reason for the creation of this adware. The generated marketing materials appear as banners, pop-ups, in-text ads or even page-wide interstitial ads. You should know that these ads are not considered to be safe because they may lead to fraudulent or potentially harmful domains. The profits of the people behind Phrase Professor come as referral commissions whenever the user clicks on some of the displayed offers and discounts. For this reason, the ads tend to be aggressive and can be found inserted in most sites. The content of the promoted products is a direct consequence of your browsing habits, so you may find the ads appealing. Commonly, people don't install Phrase Professor intentionally since it travels as an addition towards freeware. The easiest way to remove this adware from your system is to perform an in-depth system scan.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

Regexp file mask%WINDIR%\system32\Drivers\PPFD_vt_1_10_0_[RANDOM CHARACTERS].sys%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\PhraseProfessor Auto Updater[RANDOM CHARACTERS]HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\PhraseProfessorAutoUpdateClient_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\PhraseProfessorAutoUpdateClient_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\PhraseProfessorAutoUpdateClient_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\PhraseProfessorAutoUpdateClient_RASMANCS
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