Adware.ViewPlay
Posted: May 29, 2014
Threat Metric
The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:
Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
| Threat Level: | 2/10 |
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| Infected PCs: | 319 |
| First Seen: | May 29, 2014 |
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| Last Seen: | October 11, 2024 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Adware.ViewPlay is adware that may be marketed as an extra tool via numerous downloads of free software. Upon installation, Adware.ViewPlay may alter the Web browser's default homepage, search engine or a new tab window with a questionable website designed to possibly generate advertising revenue from increased website traffic and ad clicks. Adware.ViewPlay may create and show unwanted pop-up ads carrying various deals, offers, sales and sponsored links in search results of any popular search provider and may gather search phrases from the PC user's search requests. Adware.ViewPlay may be distributed and enter the computer via unsafe downloads of other programs, especially free application that might have packaged into their installation wizard Adware.ViewPlay. When the computer user uninstalls Adware.ViewPlay from the computer system, the Web browser's custom parameters may not be reverted. This means that the PC user needs to remove Adware.ViewPlay from the PC with a decent anti-malware application to restore them.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
CLSID{DB2BC9D8-FE5A-4D34-9340-40054F0A44FE}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{6336AAF8-3481-495B-BB79-70DEB1F1590D}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{94E9E790-406D-48D7-8876-2BC44F5C787D}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updateViewPlay_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updateViewPlay_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ViewPlay_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ViewPlay_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\ViewPlaySOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updateViewPlay_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updateViewPlay_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\ViewPlay_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\ViewPlay_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{6336AAF8-3481-495B-BB79-70DEB1F1590D}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ViewPlaySYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\Update ViewPlaySYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\Util ViewPlaySYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\eventlog\Application\Util ViewPlaySYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Update ViewPlaySYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Util ViewPlay
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