Adware.LyricsKid

Posted: November 12, 2013

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Ranking:	17,005
Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	5,312

First Seen:	November 12, 2013
Last Seen:	September 26, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Adware.LyricsKid is a browser add-on that displays lyrics for streaming music videos, but also modifies your browser to display new advertisements. Since Adware.LyricsKid and other adware programs display their third party content without giving you any way to control the format or functionality of these advertisements, they may cause security or performance problems. Malware experts don't rate Adware.LyricsKid as a threat, at this time, but do consider Adware.LyricsKid a PUP (or Potentially Unwanted Program) that you should remove with strong anti-adware tools at the first chance that comes your way.

The Kid that Laces Its Lyrics with Advertisements

Adware.LyricsKid is part of a particularly specialized sub-set of adware programs that provide lyrical features for popular video-streaming websites to justify the fact that they inject advertisements into your browser. Adware:Win32/Addlyrics is one of the most definitive adware programs of this particular type – so much so, that Adware.LyricsKid sometimes is misidentified as it by appropriate PC security utilities. Although its main and advertising features aren't intentionally unsafe, the advertisements displayed by Adware.LyricsKid and similar adware products do have the possibility of endangering your PC, as malware experts have outlined in the following hazards:

Adware.LyricsKid advertisements may be used to request personal information that may be added to spam mailing lists or easy questionable means of revenue generation. These phishing attacks often are disguised and may look like contests, mini-games, free prize offers or surveys.
Fraudulent updates for popular products, such as Web browsers, Flash or Windows Media Player, may be vehicles for threats distribution.
Scamware products, such as fake Registry cleaners and anti-virus scanners, may be distributed through advertisement-based 'system scans' and fake security pop-ups.

Since Adware.LyricsKid isn't guaranteed to provide any kind of quality assurance or safety filtering of its advertisements, and certainly doesn't let you block or disable any of its advertising content, malware experts must recommend its removal for the overall safety of your Web-browsing experience.

Sending the Adware Kid Back Home

Like many other brands of adware that, in raw functionality, are essentially identical to it, Adware.LyricsKid is a minor security problem that has the potential to harm your browser's performance in exchange for its minor benefits. Since Adware.LyricsKid's positive features can be found elsewhere with sources that don't involve these substantial drawbacks, malware experts would suggest the deletion of Adware.LyricsKid in any normal circumstances. If you have problems with removing Adware.LyricsKid or have any reason to believe that Adware.LyricsKid may not have removed itself completely, using qualified anti-malware products to confirm Adware.LyricsKid's total deletion is the simplest recourse.

Freeware websites that use bundles as a regular means of distributing software are the most likely sources of Adware.LyricsKid installers, although Adware.LyricsKid also may be distributed through torrent networks or other means. In all cases of adware, whether it's Adware.LyricsKid or another brand of add-on, malware researchers emphasize the usefulness of practicing safe Web-browsing behavior to prevent any unwanted products from making their way to your hard drive.

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(x86)%\LyricsKid\LrcsKidUpd.exe

File name: LrcsKidUpd.exe
Size: 118.27 KB (118272 bytes)
MD5: 736315296fcdb1e26992fec71605d48b
Detection count: 3,335
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\LyricsKid
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 12, 2013

%PROGRAMFILES%\LyricsKid\lkid.dll

File name: lkid.dll
Size: 127.48 KB (127488 bytes)
MD5: 75666a286247e2d7757a3a07471145c3
Detection count: 956
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\LyricsKid
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 12, 2013

%PROGRAMFILES%\LyricsKid\LrcsKidUpd.exe

File name: LrcsKidUpd.exe
Size: 118.27 KB (118272 bytes)
MD5: dc98cf36a60c5cdf4aee3c894c0cef39
Detection count: 412
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\LyricsKid
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 12, 2013

%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\LyricsKid\LrcsKidUpd.exe

File name: LrcsKidUpd.exe
Size: 118.27 KB (118272 bytes)
MD5: 48e86c59214a181d081c2c6757f05bd7
Detection count: 361
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\LyricsKid
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 12, 2013

%PROGRAMFILES%\LyricsKid\lkid.dll

File name: lkid.dll
Size: 127.48 KB (127488 bytes)
MD5: af9194c679f8ff053dd6d5fcb8d95e26
Detection count: 105
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\LyricsKid
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 12, 2013

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\AppDataLow\Software\LyricsKid

Additional Information

The following directories were created:

%LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\ipakepgcknpnifpjbdjbobdcmipkojhb%LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\databases\chrome-extension_ipakepgcknpnifpjbdjbobdcmipkojhb_0%LocalAppData%\LyricsKid%ProgramFiles%\LyricsKid%ProgramFiles(x86)%\LyricsKid