GsearchFinder
Posted: February 25, 2016
Threat Metric
The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:
Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
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.
Threat Level: | 1/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 981 |
First Seen: | February 25, 2016 |
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Last Seen: | June 6, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
GsearchFinder is a Web extension that you should not install. GsearchFinder is typical adware that may deteriorate the performance of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. GsearchFinder may make various changes in the configuration of your browser to redirect you to its partner sites. The suspicious tool may inject many online ads in the browser windows. Part of the artificially included marketing materials may have the slogan 'Powered by GsearchFinder' or something similar. The commercials may take a variety of shapes. You may be distracted by eye-catching pop-ups, banners or embedded videos. Your mouse cursor may activate hidden in-text ads accidentally. As you leave one page and open the next one, your browser may display interstitial or transitional ads. These marketing elements may be especially annoying, and also may hamper the smooth operation of the Web clients.
GsearchFinder may lead to unpleasant performance issues like freezes, crashes or glitches. This adware also may manipulate your search results. Instead of seeing the best-matching results, you may encounter various sponsored links that lead to third-party affiliated domains. The questionable extension may replace your homepage automatically. You may be unable to set a site of your choice as the starting point for your surfing sessions. The developers of GsearchFinder may promote various sites for referral commissions. Although some of the sponsored pages may be safe, others may be a threat to the stability of your PC. For example, some platforms may be associated with fake software updates that may be fake. GsearchFinder is not an extension that the users download willingly. This adware doesn't even have an official product page. GsearchFinder travels combined with third-party applications with a free license. You should consider deleting GsearchFinder with a dedicated security solution to fix your Web clients and prevent more serious issues.
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:%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\Desktop\Downloads\3.0.0.33_ppcsetup.exe
File name: 3.0.0.33_ppcsetup.exeSize: 7.39 MB (7392728 bytes)
MD5: 6e9edf3a8581f9899856736b33282722
Detection count: 141
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\Desktop\Downloads\3.0.0.33_ppcsetup.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 25, 2023
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\Desktop\Downloads\1.0.0.0_ppcsetup.exe
File name: 1.0.0.0_ppcsetup.exeSize: 4.99 MB (4996672 bytes)
MD5: 1a60f73782e87ab504ebe25232640c79
Detection count: 47
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\Desktop\Downloads\1.0.0.0_ppcsetup.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 25, 2023
%PROGRAMFILES%\power pc care 2018 for shadow\ptcr.exe
File name: ptcr.exeSize: 2.7 MB (2709320 bytes)
MD5: 4dd4a32bff1d07942292292360b0a3bd
Detection count: 37
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\power pc care 2018 for shadow
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 25, 2023
C:\Users\<username>\Downloads\ppcsetup (1).exe
File name: ppcsetup (1).exeSize: 7.75 MB (7752288 bytes)
MD5: 84560cff1098e67333f9eba6273b2a29
Detection count: 28
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\Downloads\ppcsetup (1).exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 12, 2022
ppcsetup (3.0.0.26).exe
File name: ppcsetup (3.0.0.26).exeSize: 5.25 MB (5255216 bytes)
MD5: 82d81da6e3372a06d75f3d2097d1bed9
Detection count: 20
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Registry Modifications
File name without pathbuy power pc care 2018.lnkPower PC Care 2018.lnkuninstall power pc care 2018.lnkRegexp file mask%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\Power[RANDOM CHARACTERS]PC[RANDOM CHARACTERS] care 2018_Logon
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