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Adware.ViewPlay

Posted: May 29, 2014

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 319
First Seen: May 29, 2014
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

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

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

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ViewPlay
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