Gadgetbox Search
Posted: July 8, 2013
Threat Metric
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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.
Ranking: | 3,808 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 36,530 |
First Seen: | April 10, 2013 |
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Last Seen: | October 17, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Gadgetbox Search is an unwanted toolbar/ browser hijacker, which is pushed via other free program downloads (PDF creators video, recording/streaming or download-managers) that had bundled into their installation Gadgetbox Search. Once installed on a vulnerable computer, Gadgetbox Search will embed its own toolbar and replace the default homepage and default search engine with Search.gboxapp.com, and install the Gadgetbox Toolbar. Gadgetbox Search will display disturbing pop-up advertisements and sponsored links in search results of any legal search engine and may gather search terms from an attacked Internet user's search queries. Gadgetbox Search is used to raise traffic of the particular advertising website by using blackhat SEO and benefit from click fraud. Gadgetbox Search is also recognized as a PUP (potentially unwanted program). Gadgetbox Search is also bundled within the custom installer on many download websites, such as Brothersoft, Softonic, or CNET so if the computer user has downloaded a certain application from these websites, Gadgetbox Search might have been installed as well during the application setup process.
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:C:\AdwCleaner\Quarantine\ZMrF6cI6NX\gadgetBoxTB_new.dll
File name: gadgetBoxTB_new.dllSize: 306.68 KB (306688 bytes)
MD5: 6f781a30f3168c80d00ba0a199d1cbd9
Detection count: 5,712
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\AdwCleaner\Quarantine\ZMrF6cI6NX\gadgetBoxTB_new.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 13, 2023
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\1ZPEMAKQ\gadgetbox[1].exe
File name: gadgetbox[1].exeSize: 673.87 KB (673877 bytes)
MD5: af9b8ae40b12c12377364183f402517d
Detection count: 9
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\1ZPEMAKQ\gadgetbox[1].exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 17, 2022
Registry Modifications
CLSID{3B81079D-2AC9-425f-A494-A1C7D93AFA3C}{A36BCB13-778D-4A40-99C1-D686086D268F}{AA74FE59-BC4C-4172-9AC4-73315F71CFFE}{CCA8F2AB-BE4E-41F0-A289-4D960CEA58EA}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\{3B81079D-2AC9-425f-A494-A1C7D93AFA3C}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage\gboxapp.comSoftware\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{AA74FE59-BC4C-4172-9AC4-73315F71CFFE}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\UrlSearchHooks\{3B81079D-2AC9-425f-A494-A1C7D93AFA3C}Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\{3B81079D-2AC9-425f-A494-A1C7D93AFA3C}Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\UrlSearchHooks\{3B81079D-2AC9-425f-A494-A1C7D93AFA3C}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}Gadgetbox
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