Diamondata

Posted: September 18, 2013

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Ranking:	16,984
Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	3,232

First Seen:	September 18, 2013
Last Seen:	July 26, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Diamondata is a software and related services company that focuses largely on business communications, financial transactions, consulting and related services of use to the private sector. While SpywareRemove.com malware experts have not noted any evidence of hoaxes or foul play on the part of Diamondata as a business, they have seen some cases of adware programs promoting Diamondata-related advertisements. These attacks endanger your PC by modifying your browser and forcing it to load content that has the potential to be unsafe, even if visiting Diamondata's website directly isn't harmful. Like all similar low-level PC threats, deleting Diamondata adware simply should use the right anti-malware tools that can remove all components and browser changes related to the infection.

Why a Glittering Presentation Doesn't Equal Luxurious Browser Performance

As a company, Diamondata has a limited history and SpywareRemove.com malware researchers can't confirm or debunk any customer opinions with regards to Diamondata's products or services. However, they have not found any trace evidence of Diamondata being used for widespread scams or other illegal behavior that would make Diamondata equivalent to a scamware company. So far, the biggest black mark against Diamondata is its indirect association with adware programs that promote Diamondata by modifying your browser to display advertisements.

The Diamondata adware attacks usually are formatted as injections into other Web pages that display their advertisements next to a page's normal content, but some other formats of Diamondata adware attacks may include:

Diamondata pop-up windows.
Text hyperlinks directing you to Diamondata from unrelated sites.
Changes to your homepage or default search engine.
Browser bookmark changes.

The Diamondata adware attacks particularly are associated with shopping and coupon-based toolbars, which usually market their services as beneficial – even though they amount to advertisements with few or no advantages for you as the user. Commonly, adware attacks like those associated with Diamondata's products also may monitor your basic browser interactions or use up system resources that result in worsened browser performance.

Chiseling Away at a Diamond-Hard Advertisement Dilemma

The Diamondata adware may be related to visible browser add-ons or installed as an essentially invisible addition to your browser without any new extensions or plugins. Whether your version of Diamondata adware is the former or latter, anti-malware programs can be trusted to delete them safely and completely, and SpywareRemove.com malware researchers suggest doing this ASAP. Even though Diamondata is not categorized as a corrupted website, adware attacks of any form have the potential to be a security issue, and they never should simply be ignored as irrelevant or trivial.

Regrettably, malware experts haven't found hard evidence of the infection vectors currently in use by PC threats promoting Diamondata through advertisements. Until such evidence is exhumed, you will have to continue protecting your browser with strong Web security features, anti-malware tools with Web-browsing protection functions and a basic awareness of what constitutes risky Web-surfing behavior.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

CLSID{055af109-de93-4160-bcfc-7da70ecaa020}{1007975E-B3AC-462B-A3EC-F6A2EBA8C36F}{6E603A94-3C5C-411A-9BB0-EC3B55C21B61}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\diamondataSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updatediamondata_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updatediamondata_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{055af109-de93-4160-bcfc-7da70ecaa020}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{055af109-de93-4160-bcfc-7da70ecaa020}SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\Update diamondataSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Update diamondataSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Update diamondataSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Update diamondataHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}diamondata

Additional Information

The following directories were created:

%ProgramFiles%\diamondata%ProgramFiles(x86)%\diamondata