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TotalDatingGuide

Posted: October 29, 2014

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 190
First Seen: October 29, 2014
Last Seen: January 31, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

TotalDatingGuide is a potentially unwanted program (PUP) created by Mindspark Interactive Network Inc. known for attempting to assist computer users with finding dating advice and for meeting people online. TotalDatingGuide is offered as a program that can be installed to provide quick access from popular web browsers or a feature to search to find people to meet for dates through the Internet. Acting as an add-on for your web browser, TotalDatingGuide may offer links for quickly accessing certain sites that provide dating advice and information. Computer users may find methods to disable or remove TotalDatingGuide from their system through web browser settings. Using the Internet search features of TotalDatingGuide may cause redirects to other sites that have additional dating content.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{8B133BC6-8A8A-479D-B71D-363D29C2B3D5}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{A4FDFA29-3ECF-4FE5-903B-64B1CFA3FDE6}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{C472E74B-DA4E-45D9-8F5D-F13539D0406C}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser\{C472E74B-DA4E-45D9-8F5D-F13539D0406C}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\{c472e74b-da4e-45d9-8f5d-f13539d0406c}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\{c472e74b-da4e-45d9-8f5d-f13539d0406c}

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\TotalDatingGuide_b8%PROGRAMFILES%\TotalDatingGuide_b8%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TotalDatingGuide_b8%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\TotalDatingGuide_b8
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