Adware.Trustedoffer

Posted: June 11, 2013

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Ranking:	948
Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	112,929

First Seen:	June 11, 2013
Last Seen:	March 10, 2025
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Trustedoffer.com is a survey site that uses misleading techniques to get its visitors to engage in its surveys, as well as often being associated with adware programs that open Trustedoffer.com automatically. Symptoms that SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have seen associated with Trustedoffer.com-based browser attacks include the automatic opening of new tabs and, in some cases, browser redirects to Trustedoffer.com from other sites. Adware campaigns related to Trustedoffer.com attacks have been ongoing for several months this year, and all due precautions should be used to avoid the standard infection paths low-level threats like those promoting Trustedoffer.com may use to get onto your computer. In the event of an infection, any good anti-malware scanner should be adequate for removing the source of Trustedoffer.com pop-ups, redirects and other Trustedoffer.com-based issues.

Everything Less Than Trustworthy About Trustedoffer.com

If you take Trustedoffer.com at its word, Trustedoffer.com is a site that offers various fast surveys in exchange for the possibility to win impressive cash rewards. However, SpywareRemove.com malware experts consider Trustedoffer.com a probable phishing site – a site that gathers personal information under false pretenses – as well as a site that has shown a range of other negative traits. Most obviously, Trustedoffer.com monitors the IP addresses of PCs that load its site and attempt to confuse visitors into believing that they've been 'selected' from their geographical regions for a survey. However, Trustedoffer.com will display a similar message to all visitors.

Trustedoffer.com also uses a sub-domain that attempts to look like an affiliate of Google, and also has an extensive history relating to adware and browser hijackers. There are two separate attacks of particular concern involving Trustedoffer.com-promoting PC threats:

Adware related to Trustedoffer.com may open new tabs on your browser to display surveys and other advertisements from Trustedoffer.com. These tabs will appear automatically and can't be disabled until you remove the adware, itself.
In cases where new tabs aren't appearing, Trustedoffer.com adware also may choose to redirect you to Trustedoffer.com, with the implication that you'll be rerouted to the original website you were loading as soon as you finish a thirty second survey. These attacks will trigger arbitrarily, no matter which site you try to visit.

Usually, these two separate symptoms don't occur at the same time, but most major browsers have been known to be affected by one Trustedoffer.com attack or another one over the past year.

Why Trustedoffer.com's Offer Definitely is One that You Can Refuse

Given Trustedoffer.com's history, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers discourage any form of interaction with Trustedoffer.com. However, visiting Trustedoffer.com briefly is not a likely way to become infected with any other PC threats. If your computer does start showing some of the symptoms of being infected by Trustedoffer.com adware, you should use anti-malware applications immediately to disinfect your computer and rid your browser of all undesirable settings changes.

Fake and misleading surveys, like those used by Trustedoffer.com and related sites, often are exploited to gather personal information through sign-in forms, survey answers, etc. In most cases, such sites are not linked explicitly to malicious software but may harvest your e-mail address and other personal information for spam campaigns and similar attacks.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

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The following files were created in the system:

downloadterms_Setup.exe

File name: downloadterms_Setup.exe
Size: 1.48 MB (1489168 bytes)
MD5: c474c48d84eb45795214b8ca4455e4e9
Detection count: 84
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 8, 2020

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\DownloadTermsHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}DownloadTerms

Additional Information

The following directories were created:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\DownloadTerms%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\DownloadTerms