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GrooveDock

Posted: January 31, 2014

Threat Metric

Ranking: 17,018
Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 5,839
First Seen: January 31, 2014
Last Seen: July 22, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows


GrooveDock Screenshot 1GrooveDock is adware that will fill your web browsers with loads of unrequested commercial materials. The company responsible for the creation of this questionable add-on is called SuperWeb LLC. GrooveDock is not the first suspicious extension made by this software developer. In fact, SuperWeb LLC stands behind dozens of similar ad-supported plugins that serve the same way, including Catered to You, Treasure Track and Maximum Maker. All of these tools may cause the same annoying modifications to Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. It is worth mentioning that the newly generated pop-ups, banners and interstitial ads by GrooveDock are not some side-function of software, which otherwise helps you. These commercial materials are the only reason for the creation of this adware. As long as you click on the displayed coupons, deals and offers, SuperWeb LLC receives some referral commissions. To make you install GrooveDock, this adware claims it will improve your process of buying products over the Internet. Nevertheless, you have all the necessary reasons to question this statement. The reason to assume the adware will not help you lies in the fact that the majority of sites it leads to may be unreliable. It couldn't be otherwise since the popular e-commerce pages with proven legitimacy don't rely on the services of ad-supported extensions. There are even cases where the commercial materials displayed by adware may lead unsuspecting users to dangerous parts of the web, so you should avoid them. If you cannot recall installing GrooveDock voluntarily, then it undoubtedly entered in a software bundle. If you want to restore the normal ad-free state of your browsers, you should use a credible security application to remove this adware.

GrooveDock Screenshot 2GrooveDock Screenshot 3

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:



GrooveDockUninstall.exe File name: GrooveDockUninstall.exe
Size: 240.84 KB (240849 bytes)
MD5: 58b22130e0496d33cf335e276be1c140
Detection count: 91
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 4, 2014
GrooveDock.ico File name: GrooveDock.ico
Size: 1.15 KB (1150 bytes)
MD5: d66fea7d06c52ff6e2c569de18305f42
Detection count: 12
Mime Type: unknown/ico
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 6, 2022

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

CLSID{2859a0e0-fe33-407f-80c2-8bef77bdb439}{C690CCD2-2A9F-4D22-A9F4-B78AF92091F9}{F2779EC2-8DFB-4894-B850-E4665D16AB3B}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\GrooveDockSoftware\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{2859A0E0-FE33-407F-80C2-8BEF77BDB439}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updateGrooveDock_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updateGrooveDock_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{2859a0e0-fe33-407f-80c2-8bef77bdb439}Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Settings\{2859A0E0-FE33-407F-80C2-8BEF77BDB439}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\GrooveDockSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\GrooveDock_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\GrooveDock_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updateGrooveDock_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updateGrooveDock_RASMANCSSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\Update GrooveDockSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Update GrooveDockSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Update GrooveDockSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Update GrooveDock

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%PROGRAMFILES%\GrooveDock%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\GrooveDock
The following URL's were detected:
GrooveDock
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