Adware.Yealt
Posted: November 28, 2013
Threat Metric
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| Ranking: | 19,508 |
|---|---|
| Threat Level: | 2/10 |
| Infected PCs: | 15,217 |
| First Seen: | November 28, 2013 |
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| Last Seen: | February 27, 2025 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Yealt is an adware threat, which may be marketed via numerous downloads of free applications and, after installation, it may alter the Web browser's default homepage, search service or a new tab window with a sponsored website that is designed to possibly increase Internet traffic and generate advertising revenue from advertisement clicks. Yealt may create and show unwanted pop-up ads, deals, offers, sales and sponsored links in search results of any major search provider and may gather search terms from the PC user's search requests. Yealt may be distributed as an extra tool via unsafe downloads of other software, especially free applications that might have packaged into their installation wizard Yealt. When the computer user uninstalls Yealt from the computer system, the Web browser's default settings may not be reverted. This means that the PC user needs to remove Yealt from the PC with a genuine anti-malware program.
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:C:\Windows\SysWOW64\yealt.dll
File name: yealt.dllSize: 137.72 KB (137728 bytes)
MD5: 0b8fb015d32636af1aadb88b5ff772f1
Detection count: 2,700
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\yealt.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 30, 2021
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Registry Modifications
Regexp file mask%WINDIR%\SysWoW64\yealt.dllHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{40C78C4E-5AE5-4762-9B7D-D2DE31B03B77}Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Settings\{40C78C4E-5AE5-4762-9B7D-D2DE31B03B77}Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{40C78C4E-5AE5-4762-9B7D-D2DE31B03B77}Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Ext\CLSID\{40C78C4E-5AE5-4762-9B7D-D2DE31B03B77}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{40C78C4E-5AE5-4762-9B7D-D2DE31B03B77}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}Yealt_is1
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