Home Possibly Unwanted Program AlphaShoppers

AlphaShoppers

Posted: February 27, 2017

Threat Metric

Ranking: 7,754
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 51,814
First Seen: February 27, 2017
Last Seen: October 6, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

AlphaShoppers is an adware threat that may offer several so-called discount deals or coupons through shopping advertisements. Use of the AlphaShoppers ads by clicking on them may result in site redirects or loading of websites designed to offer items for sale over the Internet or promote additional deals. In most cases, AlphaShoppers is able to load through the Installation of freeware apps or bundled software.

In most cases, AlphaShoppers is made up of web browser add-on extensions that may be disabled or removed manually by going into the web browser applications settings or control panel. For novice computer users and those who are savvy with the settings of their web browser application may eliminate AlphaShoppers by using an antimalware application that has the ability to detect and eliminate adware threats on a Windows PC.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

File name without pathwww.alphashoppers[1].xmlHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\alphashoppers.co

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\http_www.alphashoppers.co_0.indexeddb.leveldb%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_www.alphashoppers.co_0.indexeddb.leveldb%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_www.alphashoppers.co_0.indexeddb.leveldb
The following URL's were detected:
alphashoppers.co/
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