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DestinyHoroscopes Ads

Posted: September 2, 2016

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 119
First Seen: September 2, 2016
Last Seen: September 16, 2021
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Web browsers cluttered with the 'DestinyHoroscopes Ads' may often experience performance and stability issues due to the excessive number of ads injected in every opened page. The 'DestinyHoroscopes Ads' may not display reliable marketing content, and seeing them in your Web browser often may be caused by a dubious browser extension that you have installed recently. The extension in question is named DestinyHoroscopes, and its purpose is to provide users with daily updates about their horoscope, as well as with useful links to other pages associated with horoscopes. However, the installation of this extension is not all about horoscopes, and many users might authorize the DestinyHoroscopes extension to inject advertisements in their Web browsing sessions unknowingly.

The 'DestinyHoroscopes Ads' often may include links to affiliated products and services, as well as dubious online stores and low-quality pages that may be linked to the distribution of Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) and other suspicious software. Another worrying fact about the DestinyHoroscopes extension is that its installation doesn't have to happen via direct download necessarily. Often, this extension may be packed in low-quality software bundles which, with the help of misleading installation instructions, trick many users to unknowingly authorize the installation of DestinyHoroscopes and other adware extensions. If you have installed the DestinyHoroscopes extension on your computer accidentally and its ads are starting to get on your nerves, then its removal is the only way to solve the problem. The DestinyHoroscopes program can be removed from the list of installed browser extensions manually, but it is also possible to eliminate it with the assistance of a reliable anti-virus program.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

File name without pathwww.destinyhoroscopes[1].xmlHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{6A5595C4-EFD9-4201-99C2-A0351588DDD3}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage\destinyhoroscopes.com

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\DestinyHoroscopes
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