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Adware.PlayMP3Z.biz

Posted: June 21, 2007

Threat Metric

Ranking: 19,059
Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 269
First Seen: July 24, 2009
Last Seen: December 27, 2024
OS(es) Affected: Windows

PlayMP3Z.biz is an adware program that generates popup adverts. This program will also gather and transmit information on your browsing habits. It integrates into your browser as a Browser Helper Object (BHO) and can be confusing to manually remove.

Aliases

Adware/BHO.FD [Panda]Trojan.Gen.ML [Symantec]Artemis!DDE888EB45A7 [McAfee]Trj/CI.A [Panda]Generic4.AIVY [AVG]AdWare.Win32.PlayMp3z [Ikarus]Win-Trojan/Xema.variant [AhnLab-V3]AdWare/Win32.Agent.gen [Antiy-AVL]TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen [AntiVir]Trojan.DownLoad2.40851 [DrWeb]PlayMP3z Installer [Sophos]Adware.Generic.52648 [BitDefender]not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.kow [Kaspersky]Win32:Agent-AATI [Trj] [Avast]W32/PlayMP3.A.gen!Eldorado [F-Prot]
More aliases (107)

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:



BrowsingAdvisor-2.dll File name: BrowsingAdvisor-2.dll
Size: 1.01 MB (1019904 bytes)
MD5: 6b7d8b8ad706eb547748099cd758784f
Detection count: 93
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 1, 2020
tem8.tmp.exe File name: tem8.tmp.exe
Size: 554.11 KB (554110 bytes)
MD5: d7e52f02d3cc747d31f993428319398b
Detection count: 81
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
PLAY_MP3[1].exe File name: PLAY_MP3[1].exe
Size: 110.94 KB (110947 bytes)
MD5: 283007beab80a2a67add0de46e24501d
Detection count: 73
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
PlayMP3.exe File name: PlayMP3.exe
Size: 331.77 KB (331776 bytes)
MD5: e9ab5f47d6c0676749e1f701fad69779
Detection count: 70
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
ContextTool-2.dll File name: ContextTool-2.dll
Size: 1.04 MB (1044480 bytes)
MD5: cdceeca5f76a74855ed9bdbd658e541b
Detection count: 63
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
InternetSoftware-1.dll, InternetSoftware-2.dll File name: InternetSoftware-1.dll, InternetSoftware-2.dll
Size: 1.01 MB (1019904 bytes)
MD5: 223510dee60cd8cac5f1b4fd73d544e3
Detection count: 56
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
tem1A.tmp.exe, tem2.tmp.exe, temE.tmp.exe File name: tem1A.tmp.exe, tem2.tmp.exe, temE.tmp.exe
Size: 213.95 KB (213956 bytes)
MD5: 46438796f0ad2844fd1a8e4db1659d73
Detection count: 46
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
Anonystat-2.dll File name: Anonystat-2.dll
Size: 1 MB (1003520 bytes)
MD5: fe19cf0627c246325dc1ba924ec294f3
Detection count: 3
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009

More files

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

File name without pathRun PlayMP3z.lnk

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%ProgramFiles%\PlayMP3z
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