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Space Sound Pro

Posted: July 15, 2015

Threat Metric

Ranking: 6,713
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 24,447
First Seen: July 15, 2015
Last Seen: October 7, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Space Sound Pro is a Potentially Unwanted Program that provides audio features, such as virtual speakers, but also may modify your Web browsing settings. Space Sound Pro may install itself in formats that allow Space Sound Pro to maintain itself as a passive, background process that doesn't identify all of its files. Accordingly, PC owners should use anti-adware scanners and similar security products to detect Space Sound Pro software. Deleting Space Sound Pro, while not necessarily a security issue equivalent to disinfecting your PC, still is a net benefit for the performance and safety of most systems.

The Sounds of New Computer Problems

Space Sound Pro is an audio enhancement application developed by Asia Soft Interactive Advertising Ltd, and a possible clone of some of their previous products, such as 3DBubbleSound. Although Space Sound Pro does provide some legitimate audio playback based features, Space Sound Pro also may include several characteristics common to typically unwanted software, including unorthodox installation formats. Some of the symptoms malware analysts have linked to individual installations of Space Sound Pro may include:

  • Your browser's home page or search settings may be hijacked and reset to sites affiliated with Space Sound Pro.
  • Your browser may be forced to load additional advertising content, such as injected banners or sponsored search links.
  • Your PC may show declines in overall stability or resource allocation from Space Sound Pro using memory as a constant background process.

Space Sound Pro's marketing material at its Website, spacesoundpro.com, describes Space Sound Pro as 'the first high-end HiFi emulator on PC.' In contrast to these claims, malware analysts have found no evidence of Space Sound Pro including features separate from those of previous applications from the same company. They also found indirect connections between Space Sound Pro and similar, questionable software businesses distributing seemingly unrelated PUPs, such as driver update software.

Space Sound Pro is not a threat and visiting its Website will not harm your PC automatically. However, as a rule, you should consider removing Space Sound Pro and other PUPs that show no signs of providing significantly beneficial features to counterbalance their drawbacks to both performance and online security.

Turning Down the Sounds of Space Sound Pro

Space Sound Pro's Website does include uninstallation instructions for its software. However, malware analysts quickly found these generic instructions to be inadequate for removing most installations of Space Sound Pro. Some PC users also have reported of Space Sound Pro's uninstall routine attempting to install other PUPs during the process, which could introduce additional issues outside of this article's focus.

Security software including PUP detection and removal features also should be able to delete Space Sound Pro when scanning your computer. Although Space Sound Pro is a likely clone of past PUPs, Space Sound Pro may include minor modifications that prevent your security software from detecting Space Sound Pro accurately. Such detection issues normally are resolved by making sure that your software is using an up-to-date threat database.

Some PC users also may still experience browser issues after deleting Space Sound Pro. Refer to your Web browser's official recommendations for how to erase any caches or reset settings that you believe may have been modified by Space Sound Pro.

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%\SpaceSoundPro\idscservice.exe File name: idscservice.exe
Size: 52.22 KB (52224 bytes)
MD5: 577631a4689990f9df06320e29d4bf68
Detection count: 68
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\SpaceSoundPro
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 8, 2016
%SystemDrive%\Program Files\SpaceSoundPro\uninstaller.exe File name: uninstaller.exe
Size: 91.64 KB (91648 bytes)
MD5: 2ceb2a78b9564184ba1385af748adcc0
Detection count: 30
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SystemDrive%\Program Files\SpaceSoundPro
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 2, 2020
%SystemDrive%\Program Files\SpaceSoundPro\uninstaller.exe File name: uninstaller.exe
Size: 529.92 KB (529920 bytes)
MD5: baff352ae2ddbfa8e957bfdd2a3d4865
Detection count: 26
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SystemDrive%\Program Files\SpaceSoundPro
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 8, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES%\SpaceSoundPro\idscservice.exe File name: idscservice.exe
Size: 58.36 KB (58368 bytes)
MD5: cfde49ce275d95535da7b396c27d8951
Detection count: 19
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\SpaceSoundPro
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 8, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES%\SpaceSoundPro\idscservice.exe File name: idscservice.exe
Size: 178.17 KB (178176 bytes)
MD5: 94a07cb6f5191de494e3cf48752629f8
Detection count: 19
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\SpaceSoundPro
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 8, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES%\SpaceSoundPro\idscservice.exe File name: idscservice.exe
Size: 77.82 KB (77824 bytes)
MD5: a992d5f3053578ab0c9887597bcdd9ce
Detection count: 16
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\SpaceSoundPro
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 8, 2016
%SystemDrive%\Program Files\SpaceSoundPro\uninstaller.exe File name: uninstaller.exe
Size: 91.64 KB (91648 bytes)
MD5: eeb1df9c02a70372e4ee9fdba99b0628
Detection count: 14
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SystemDrive%\Program Files\SpaceSoundPro
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 16, 2019
%PROGRAMFILES%\SpaceSoundPro\idscservice.exe File name: idscservice.exe
Size: 335.36 KB (335360 bytes)
MD5: 4c65805050e81e03f6ea5d3191189a66
Detection count: 14
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\SpaceSoundPro
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 8, 2016
%SystemDrive%\Program Files\SpaceSoundPro\uninstaller.exe File name: uninstaller.exe
Size: 476.16 KB (476160 bytes)
MD5: 50ba946e254490c5e72757b299d6f984
Detection count: 9
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SystemDrive%\Program Files\SpaceSoundPro
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 8, 2016
%SystemDrive%\Program Files\SpaceSoundPro\uninstaller.exe File name: uninstaller.exe
Size: 497.66 KB (497664 bytes)
MD5: 3514490fb52ca8a12ef9a489a19da9f7
Detection count: 9
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SystemDrive%\Program Files\SpaceSoundPro
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 10, 2020
%SystemDrive%\Program Files\SpaceSoundPro\uninstaller.exe File name: uninstaller.exe
Size: 264.7 KB (264704 bytes)
MD5: 330677ec400f35585cc0ebe07d6e803a
Detection count: 9
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SystemDrive%\Program Files\SpaceSoundPro
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 8, 2016
%SystemDrive%\Program Files\SpaceSoundPro\uninstaller.exe File name: uninstaller.exe
Size: 59.9 KB (59904 bytes)
MD5: d058f71b681e0c4c423b490c5307eeda
Detection count: 7
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SystemDrive%\Program Files\SpaceSoundPro
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 8, 2016
%TEMP%\UY14736LAC\testversion.exe File name: testversion.exe
Size: 1.69 MB (1696768 bytes)
MD5: 442026e72bc3bd3e7a0d83db6d9805c6
Detection count: 7
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %TEMP%\UY14736LAC
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 18, 2016
%SystemDrive%\Program Files\SpaceSoundPro\uninstaller.exe File name: uninstaller.exe
Size: 53.76 KB (53760 bytes)
MD5: 5188e3b507e977e00cc2d4df34a9959f
Detection count: 7
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SystemDrive%\Program Files\SpaceSoundPro
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 8, 2016
%SystemDrive%\Program Files\SpaceSoundPro\uninstaller.exe File name: uninstaller.exe
Size: 103.42 KB (103424 bytes)
MD5: b8c15d01b4c8dd75e8e99196c680a9ee
Detection count: 7
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SystemDrive%\Program Files\SpaceSoundPro
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 8, 2016
%SystemDrive%\Program Files\SpaceSoundPro\uninstaller.exe File name: uninstaller.exe
Size: 553.47 KB (553472 bytes)
MD5: a5e71ac3ae847f2e33753c291a60e4bd
Detection count: 7
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SystemDrive%\Program Files\SpaceSoundPro
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 8, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES%\SpaceSoundPro\idscservice.exe File name: idscservice.exe
Size: 602.62 KB (602624 bytes)
MD5: 95dd565502b74cf950f274eed0ecd196
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\SpaceSoundPro
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 8, 2016
%SystemDrive%\Program Files\SpaceSoundPro\uninstaller.exe File name: uninstaller.exe
Size: 510.97 KB (510976 bytes)
MD5: 2d8f66e83d0252c60bb1e122e654cadb
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SystemDrive%\Program Files\SpaceSoundPro
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 8, 2016
%SystemDrive%\Program Files\SpaceSoundPro\uninstaller.exe File name: uninstaller.exe
Size: 228.86 KB (228864 bytes)
MD5: 503376d2f6a1bfa92e6a6df62cabbcdb
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SystemDrive%\Program Files\SpaceSoundPro
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 8, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES%\SpaceSoundPro\idscservice.exe File name: idscservice.exe
Size: 688.64 KB (688640 bytes)
MD5: dd690f33308b938be0258bfad38f117b
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\SpaceSoundPro
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 8, 2016

More files

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

CLSID{5013A5D0-34A9-489F-BF9A-3A0E34D8902B}{B43F10EC-BD1C-48D5-A123-3DCA3321C187}File name without pathspacesoundpro-installer[1].exeSpaceSoundPro.lnkHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{5013A5D0-34A9-489F-BF9A-3A0E34D8902B}SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{B43F10EC-BD1C-48D5-A123-3DCA3321C187}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\SpaceSondPro_Service_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\SpaceSondPro_Service_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\spacesoundpro-installer_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\spacesoundpro-installer_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartupApproved\Run\SpaceSoundProSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SpaceSoundProSOFTWARE\SpaceSondProSOFTWARE\SpaceSoundProSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\SpaceSondPro_Service_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\SpaceSondPro_Service_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\SpaceSondProHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}SpaceSoundPro

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SpaceSoundPro 1.0%PROGRAMFILES%\SpaceSondPro%PROGRAMFILES%\SpaceSoundPro%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\SpaceSondPro%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\SpaceSoundPro
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