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Adware.GameVance

Posted: July 6, 2009

Threat Metric

Ranking: 11,517
Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 8,373
First Seen: July 24, 2009
Last Seen: February 14, 2025
OS(es) Affected: Windows

GameVance is an online game application which delivers pop-up, pop-under, and other types advertisements based on information collected from the user.

Since GameVance does not store users' browsing history, it appears not to be a security risk to users' computers. Gamevance does not store users' surfing history and it has an eTrust certificate. It is advised you read Gamevance 'Terms of Use' and 'Privacy Policy' to learn more on how they collect information about you.

When you register for the GameVance free gaming network, you're agreeing to allow the GameVance pop-up ads to display on your computer. According to Gamevance Privacy Policy: "Gamevance offers games available on the Internet free of charge at the Site in exchange for your agreement to install GameVance Software (the "Software"), which will display pop-up, pop-under and other types of advertisements on your computer based on the information we collect as stated in this Policy."

GameVance is detected by some security applications. At the time this definition was written, GameVance was identified by the following applications: NOD32 Antivirus, Microsoft Threat Center, McAfee AntiVirus Plus.

If you wish to uninstall GameVance, because the pop-up, pop-under or other types of advertisements are objectionable, or for other reasons, you can uninstall GameVance using the Add/Remove Programs applet in your Windows Control Panel. If you're experiencing any problems uninstalling GameVance, you have the option of using SpyHunter to remove it.

Aliases

Skodna.Gamevance.ET [AVG]Adware/Adware.132608.1 [AntiVir]Adware.Siggen.24675 [DrWeb]not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Gamevance.hrvb [Kaspersky]Win32:Adware-gen [Adw] [Avast]Artemis!B51196BC19FA [McAfee]Gen:Adware.Heur.ly5@fr2ToVgi [BitDefender]not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Gamevance.dyu [Kaspersky]Spyware.ADH [Symantec]Net-Worm.Win32.Kolab [Ikarus]Adware/GameVance.A.119 [AntiVir]not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Gamevance.hnbc [Kaspersky]GameVance.gen.v [McAfee]Skodna.Gamevance.AK [AVG]Adware/GameVA.C.276 [AntiVir]
More aliases (302)

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%\Mighty Magoo\mmagootl.dll File name: mmagootl.dll
Size: 167.93 KB (167936 bytes)
MD5: 9919bc491e939e45919423a0669f249b
Detection count: 197
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Mighty Magoo
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 1, 2010
%PROGRAMFILES%\Play Pickle\playpicklelib32.dll.t.dll File name: playpicklelib32.dll.t.dll
Size: 137.72 KB (137728 bytes)
MD5: 3be1b45329eb5c2922d71f3b8d0362d7
Detection count: 85
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Play Pickle
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 1, 2011
C:\Program Files (x86)\SoapBox\SoapBox.exe File name: SoapBox.exe
Size: 1.01 MB (1017856 bytes)
MD5: f0c4a1c3c5d64568822c494923996fc2
Detection count: 68
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\SoapBox\SoapBox.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 19, 2022
C:\Program Files\Gamevance\gamevancelib32.dll File name: gamevancelib32.dll
Size: 165.88 KB (165888 bytes)
MD5: b07617d2241ea05feedfed391c74746e
Detection count: 50
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\Program Files\Gamevance
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 16, 2018
%PROGRAMFILES%\Gamevance\gamevance32.exe File name: gamevance32.exe
Size: 311.29 KB (311296 bytes)
MD5: 40c8b32cc41b4500611bd31f81ed9177
Detection count: 24
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Gamevance
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 5, 2011
%PROGRAMFILES%\Play Pickle\pptl.dll File name: pptl.dll
Size: 301.05 KB (301056 bytes)
MD5: e0993cb664018ded1ee70e6b7152c2a8
Detection count: 9
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Play Pickle
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 19, 2012
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Mighty Magoo\mightymagoo32.exe File name: mightymagoo32.exe
Size: 103.93 KB (103936 bytes)
MD5: 5f4b1f87973b23084913997bbfc63f26
Detection count: 9
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Mighty Magoo
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 28, 2013
%PROGRAMFILES%\LivingPlay\livingplaylib32.dll File name: livingplaylib32.dll
Size: 132.6 KB (132608 bytes)
MD5: b51196bc19fa4148d4465035f7628b4b
Detection count: 5
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\LivingPlay
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 13, 2013

More files

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

CLSID{BEAC7DC8-E106-4C6A-931E-5A42E7362883}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\GamevanceText.DLLSOFTWARE\Classes\GamevanceText.LinkerSOFTWARE\Classes\GamevanceText.Linker.1SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\AppID\GamevanceText.DLLSoftware\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{02F0243C-2E71-4a1a-A790-6C30888119D0}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{AEB04B5E-C981-47a9-B847-33EE4C92F6B9}Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{02F0243C-2E71-4a1a-A790-6C30888119D0}Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{AEB04B5E-C981-47a9-B847-33EE4C92F6B9}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Play PickleSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Play PickleHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}Play Pickle

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%AppData%\Mozilla\Extensions\{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}\textlinks@plpickle.com%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\bllefkbpbefdodiiefpkcnigpicmhohe%PROGRAMFILES%\Gamevance%PROGRAMFILES%\Play Pickle%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Gamevance%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Play Pickle
The following URL's were detected:
textlinks@gamevance.com

3 Comments

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  • Catherine says:

    everytime my computer loads it shows a deistrbung photo and it wont let me delete it, the photo came with another file that was really a virus what do i do :S and also when i right click and try press delete it says try again and keeps doing it, please help

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