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BitAccelerator

Posted: April 29, 2015

Threat Metric

Ranking: 14,525
Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 11,535
First Seen: July 24, 2009
Last Seen: September 15, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

BitAccelerator, or Adware.BitAccelerator, is considered as a Possibly Unwanted Program by security experts due to the various problems BitAccelerator's presence may create to the computers that are housing its application. BitAccelerator installs as a browser plugin on the most popular Web browsers available such as Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. BitAccelerator may be installed by the computer user, but its most preferred technique is being bundled with third parties free applications. BitAccelerator was developed to publicize sponsored services and products by displaying unwanted pop-up advertisements. BitAccelerator may install additional PUPs and adware and spend a lot of your system resources. Additionally, BitAccelerator may collect your online activities details and share it with its sponsors.

Aliases

Trojan Horse [Symantec]Medium Risk Malware [Prevx1]Ad-Spyware.VirtualNetwork.D.67 [McAfee-GW-Edition]potentially unwanted program Generic PUP [McAfee]Win32/AMalum.ABXV [eTrust-Vet]TrojWare.Win32.ConnectionServices.aa [Comodo]W32/FakeAlert.AL.gen!Eldorado [Authentium]ADSPY/VirtualNetwork.D.67 [AntiVir]Win-Trojan/Connectionservices.185856 [AhnLab-V3]BitAccelerator [Sophos]Suspicious File [eSafe]Win32:Connection-G [Avast]ADSPY/VirtualNetwork.D.15 [AntiVir]Malicious Software [Prevx1]Generic Malware [Panda]
More aliases (38)

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:



D:\Program Files (x86)\BitAccelerator\BitAccelerator.dll File name: BitAccelerator.dll
Size: 92.16 KB (92160 bytes)
MD5: 428e71739b68ab2a5687ae5a7fa830fc
Detection count: 5,021
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: D:\Program Files (x86)\BitAccelerator\BitAccelerator.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 4, 2021
C:\Program Files\BitAccelerator\BitAccelerator.dll File name: BitAccelerator.dll
Size: 14.33 KB (14336 bytes)
MD5: 8461225012c9239467a108f9297d5bea
Detection count: 4,626
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\Program Files\BitAccelerator\BitAccelerator.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 6, 2023
%PROGRAMFILES%\BitAccelerator\BitAccelerator.dll File name: BitAccelerator.dll
Size: 14.33 KB (14336 bytes)
MD5: bd2705643c170069d43d7d7d9039f905
Detection count: 248
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\BitAccelerator
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 13, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES%\BitAccelerator\BitAccelerator.dll File name: BitAccelerator.dll
Size: 272.38 KB (272384 bytes)
MD5: 08777d9332bac801ed6dc8fca60d298c
Detection count: 86
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\BitAccelerator
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 13, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES%\BitAccelerator\BitAccelerator.dll File name: BitAccelerator.dll
Size: 204.29 KB (204293 bytes)
MD5: 75381ce6b7e79719f01722aadf78d9db
Detection count: 60
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\BitAccelerator
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 13, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES%\BitAccelerator\BitAccelerator.dll File name: BitAccelerator.dll
Size: 92.16 KB (92160 bytes)
MD5: 9827372ff17b025db016fa0e2657864b
Detection count: 42
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\BitAccelerator
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 13, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES%\BitAccelerator\BitAccelerator.dll File name: BitAccelerator.dll
Size: 92.16 KB (92160 bytes)
MD5: bcc68dfab2381259780b7899fa3cb061
Detection count: 21
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\BitAccelerator
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 20, 2019
%PROGRAMFILES%\BitAccelerator\BitAccelerator.dll File name: BitAccelerator.dll
Size: 14.33 KB (14336 bytes)
MD5: 769f927acc15235b9a2fc557f648c5fd
Detection count: 21
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\BitAccelerator
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 13, 2014
VirtualNetwork.dll File name: VirtualNetwork.dll
Size: 185.85 KB (185856 bytes)
MD5: 73df8137c08b550dfdb1b098d3169c6f
Detection count: 20
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
%TEMP%\489e3534eafa66627902508a2183b65f\BitAcceleratorDDLRinstaller.exe File name: BitAcceleratorDDLRinstaller.exe
Size: 349.26 KB (349262 bytes)
MD5: 0aeee84477946732ce6166e9f70bc132
Detection count: 12
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %TEMP%\489e3534eafa66627902508a2183b65f
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 8, 2020
%PROGRAMFILES%\BitAccelerator\BitAccelerator.dll File name: BitAccelerator.dll
Size: 194.97 KB (194979 bytes)
MD5: 0ce91816162744dd32a58ecdef392826
Detection count: 9
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\BitAccelerator
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 13, 2014
%USERPROFILE%\Downloads\BitAcceleratorv02.exe File name: BitAcceleratorv02.exe
Size: 104.75 KB (104750 bytes)
MD5: 1f0e11ba1b18e64179aaff2b8647bb8e
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %USERPROFILE%\Downloads
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 13, 2014

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

CLSID{334C6DE3-3FE2-4ED4-9D51-538C3A55E706}{3AC7D000-0444-4011-A43C-D7796E97E0D1}{CAC42510-9B41-42c1-9DCD-7282A2D07C61}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{CAC42510-9B41-42c1-9DCD-7282A2D07C61}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{CAC42510-9B41-42c1-9DCD-7282A2D07C61}

Additional Information

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

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