Betterdeals Ads

Posted: June 25, 2014

Threat Metric

The Threat Meter is a malware assessment that SpywareRemove.com's research team is able to give every identifiable malware threat. Our Threat Meter includes several criteria based off of specific malware threats to value their severity, reach and volume. The Threat Meter is able to give you a numerical breakdown of each threat's initial Threat Level, Detection Count, Volume Count, Trend Path and Percentage Impact. The overall ranking of each threat in the Threat Meter is a basic breakdown of how all threats are ranked within our own extensive malware database. The scoring for each specific malware threat can be easily compared to other emerging threats to draw a contrast in its particular severity. The Threat Meter is a useful tool in the endeavor of seeking a solution to remove a threat or pursue additional analytical research for all types of computer users.

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
Infected PCs:	44,006

First Seen:	January 31, 2014
Last Seen:	December 3, 2024
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Betterdeals Ads is adware that injects advertisements in your browser that supposedly help you find shopping bargains, such as coupons and time-limited offers. Because the practical differences between Betterdeals Ads's features and its drawbacks as adware are negligible, malware researchers consider deleting Betterdeals Ads to be a good default position for the sake of your browser's performance and overall security. Betterdeals Ads and other adware programs often are installed through software bundles and other semi-consensual means, but also may be installed by other PC threats. With that risk kept in mind, using anti-malware tools during Betterdeals Ads's removal probably is for the best.

Why Trusting Betterdeals Ads isn't the Best Deal for You

Betterdeals Ads is one of a large group of adware programs that claim that their advertisements actually are helpful for you – in the sense that they can provide rapid and direct access to special discounts and product offers that may not be available on a widespread basis. Once one learns to ignore Betterdeals Ads's marketing terminology, you'll find that Betterdeals Ads, overall, is more of a drawback than a helper for your browser. Betterdeals Ads may inject its advertisement content on sites unrelated to it, may monitors your basic Web-browsing activities for advertisement-targeting purposes and doesn't allow you to disable or control how these two functions are implemented.

Additionally, malware researchers usually find advertising networks from adware sources like Betterdeals Ads to be unsafe to your PC – if not immediately, then eventually. Betterdeals Ads may display software updates for downloading threats, contests that attempt to gather information or other attacks. Considering the safety issues involved with any online advertisement network, allowing a suspicious third party provider like Betterdeals Ads to display its advertisements automatically is a non-ignorable security concern.

Getting the Better of the Betterdeals Ads

Since Betterdeals Ads doesn't have any kind of traditional marketing method for its distribution to new PCs, malware researchers would consider the use of bundles and other covered installation tactics to be particularly likely in the case of Betterdeals Ads. Safe browsing behavior is part of the solution to these dangers – while anti-malware products should be able to identify an installer including Betterdeals Ads before the installer ever has been launched. Sites with histories full of adware distribution especially should be avoided as potential infection vectors for Betterdeals Ads and many other programs with similar side effects.

Betterdeals Ads may include a built-in removal option or appear to be amicable to normal uninstallation procedures. Nonetheless, since Betterdeals Ads may let some of its browser changes remain on your PC even if the associated program seems to be deleted, malware researchers urge you to include appropriate anti-malware products in your strategy for removing Betterdeals Ads.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

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The following files were created in the system:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\greatdealz-extension\1.0.0.6\great-dealz-bhox64.dll

File name: great-dealz-bhox64.dll
Size: 232.47 KB (232472 bytes)
MD5: 03522b6a007dad386b5a82db56a74205
Detection count: 9,326
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\greatdealz-extension\1.0.0.6\great-dealz-bhox64.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 3, 2024

%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ver8BetterDeals\w4BetterDealsX90.exe

File name: w4BetterDealsX90.exe
Size: 723.96 KB (723968 bytes)
MD5: 722b67268c79f39a4f24b376f5e7cffa
Detection count: 550
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ver8BetterDeals
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 9, 2016

%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ver1BetterDeals\186_x64.dll

File name: 186_x64.dll
Size: 231.42 KB (231424 bytes)
MD5: 52f7eddfbdad99dca028613b5805fec3
Detection count: 466
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ver1BetterDeals
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 9, 2016

%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ver7BetterDeals\189_x64.dll

File name: 189_x64.dll
Size: 230.91 KB (230912 bytes)
MD5: 3545130fb3c34326f04ad7f0f1244934
Detection count: 447
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ver7BetterDeals
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 9, 2016

%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ver8BetterDeals\184_x64.dll

File name: 184_x64.dll
Size: 228.86 KB (228864 bytes)
MD5: 6ecdb76458142ef29dff053aee43c446
Detection count: 297
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ver8BetterDeals
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 9, 2016

%PROGRAMFILES%\ver0BetterDeals\a3BetterDealsM73.exe

File name: a3BetterDealsM73.exe
Size: 455.16 KB (455168 bytes)
MD5: 184512a68692ac870237842029a4a369
Detection count: 253
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\ver0BetterDeals
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 9, 2016

%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ver9BetterDeals\187_x64.dll

File name: 187_x64.dll
Size: 231.93 KB (231936 bytes)
MD5: 68a551c027d492074ba2dd28829020bb
Detection count: 199
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ver9BetterDeals
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 9, 2016

%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\di0BetterDeals\C9BetterDealskd175.exe

File name: C9BetterDealskd175.exe
Size: 159.23 KB (159232 bytes)
MD5: b07a8cd957e012019257d908a45e8f27
Detection count: 77
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\di0BetterDeals
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 9, 2014

%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\di0BetterDeals\D5BetterDealsW54.exe

File name: D5BetterDealsW54.exe
Size: 422.4 KB (422400 bytes)
MD5: 6fafd36a4e8b8e70c8f3b430e06d9c55
Detection count: 61
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\di0BetterDeals
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 9, 2014

%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ver8BetterDeals\Uninstall.exe

File name: Uninstall.exe
Size: 181.71 KB (181716 bytes)
MD5: 101d86cfbe6f899d4e54a5eff93ea859
Detection count: 34
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ver8BetterDeals
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 9, 2014

%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ver8BetterDeals\C1BetterDealsap176.exe

File name: C1BetterDealsap176.exe
Size: 195.58 KB (195584 bytes)
MD5: 90bb44c8bb005f0c9a0c904495a7cc7d
Detection count: 28
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ver8BetterDeals
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 9, 2014

%PROGRAMFILES%\di2BetterDeals\Y5BetterDealsr49.exe

File name: Y5BetterDealsr49.exe
Size: 423.42 KB (423424 bytes)
MD5: c55a3116e6b65fdfc52e7075419b0e4c
Detection count: 9
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\di2BetterDeals
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 9, 2014

%PROGRAMFILES%\ver8BetterDeals\176.dll

File name: 176.dll
Size: 194.04 KB (194048 bytes)
MD5: 9fbb781e15a3775de76febeb1d373dfc
Detection count: 7
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\ver8BetterDeals
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 9, 2014

%PROGRAMFILES%\di2BetterDeals\174.dll

File name: 174.dll
Size: 190.97 KB (190976 bytes)
MD5: fd2737c271438fcf8130703ee1b0b4a5
Detection count: 5
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\di2BetterDeals
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 9, 2014

%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ver1BetterDeals\i9BetterDealsX07.exe

File name: i9BetterDealsX07.exe
Size: 486.4 KB (486400 bytes)
MD5: 41d0dc5775d73c7542de56977e307e37
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ver1BetterDeals
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 9, 2014

%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\-BetterDeals-soft\appBetterDealsP45.exe

File name: appBetterDealsP45.exe
Size: 310.78 KB (310784 bytes)
MD5: c466522b8538d9951773e1541f8510b6
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\-BetterDeals-soft
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 9, 2014

More files

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\InstalledBrowserExtensions\BetterDealsSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION\BetterDeals 2.0-bg.exeSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Ext\CLSID\{11111111-1111-1111-1111-110411641136}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION\BetterDeals 2.0-bg.exe

Additional Information

The following directories were created:

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\greatdealzupdater%LOCALAPPDATA%\greatdealz-extension

Adware.BetterDeals