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HealthCareGovTool

Posted: March 9, 2015

Threat Metric

Ranking: 8,382
Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 14,130
First Seen: February 26, 2015
Last Seen: March 7, 2025
OS(es) Affected: Windows

HealthcareGovTool is an adware-laced web browser add-on or extension that claims to be in help of users while surfing the HealthCare.gov website and save time. In reality, HealthcareGovTool is a monetization platform that is created for the benefit of adware developers. Once infiltrated your system, HealthcareGovTool may display different types of irritating advertising materials such as pop-ups, banners, etc. In addition, HealthcareGovTool may collect information about your online habits and activities and later use it for marketing purposes. According to computer security researchers, HealthcareGovTool is related to other adware applications such as PastaQuotes and PriceFountain. In case you find any of them on your system, it is advised to utilize anti-malware tool and remove these apps.

Aliases

WS.Reputation.1 [Symantec]Adware.Superfish.227 [DrWeb]Generic.C68 [AVG]Adware.Superfish.217 [DrWeb]Win32:Adware-gen [Adw] [Avast]Adware.Superfish.96 [DrWeb]

Technical Details

File System Modifications

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The following files were created in the system:



%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SysFiles\WebWatcherProxy.exe File name: WebWatcherProxy.exe
Size: 1.85 MB (1856832 bytes)
MD5: 853fb8ba9854674f28592fb3776e2c4b
Detection count: 68
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SysFiles
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 18, 2017
%WINDIR%\SysWOW64\WWatcherLSP.dll File name: WWatcherLSP.dll
Size: 305.79 KB (305792 bytes)
MD5: fe7b3418e539cfa3de469f1d9d08e60c
Detection count: 44
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %WINDIR%\SysWOW64\WWatcherLSP.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 20, 2025
%WINDIR%\system32\WeWatcherLSP.dll File name: WeWatcherLSP.dll
Size: 305.96 KB (305960 bytes)
MD5: cf048fcce7d0afe2f3d032f6ce23a8fa
Detection count: 30
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %WINDIR%\system32
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 9, 2015
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\System Recovery\Repair\Backup\8B43B8EB051F8E6ED8E8CC08ECE3A54A97848936.dll File name: 8B43B8EB051F8E6ED8E8CC08ECE3A54A97848936.dll
Size: 305.62 KB (305624 bytes)
MD5: 9cdf7be2a7b67960935561dbcc5ec47f
Detection count: 12
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\System Recovery\Repair\Backup\8B43B8EB051F8E6ED8E8CC08ECE3A54A97848936.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 9, 2020
%PROGRAMFILES%\SysFiles\WeWatcherProxy.exe File name: WeWatcherProxy.exe
Size: 1.73 MB (1739808 bytes)
MD5: 45acb025340734b9bef1f8d31f6d2a38
Detection count: 11
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\SysFiles
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 18, 2017

More files

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

CLSID{00D9F0F4-07BB-46A9-9993-C8F7EA2A21F3}{07FD117E-BAC6-4F75-8570-B4FCE1084A67}{1B9C5796-93EC-4BD1-B78B-7CA9CC41CBF4}{2811C0FA-9761-43EA-9AD5-A0421A0B7F39}{3A9C223B-F390-430D-A334-990BC5E729AB}{41CB0A85-E6F1-4870-A57C-26B9A4621E48}{48FA6A2A-A39E-4E08-A210-57D7E485F9C2}{4AA35302-BF9B-4094-9CDF-BE94BF46E3C1}{5534719D-3FBF-4B02-9EB1-460277DBE138}{562B9316-C08A-444A-9482-62080DD851AE}{61A32176-4B99-4D75-BFCB-5CB2B3B7E42E}{85F3ED44-E37B-46D1-8BF8-6E49D4F34EC8}{BB5E0EB5-8A8C-441E-B6B0-D8A5614571C7}{BF0D7E34-16EC-4682-8144-34007DD3A8C7}{CB096813-49C6-4D28-A48A-3911F7A2F629}{D3339B22-715E-4A50-A27D-248949E43CF7}{DC3AB55D-3513-40CB-8A9B-7ABEF8CA30F2}{DED2C126-AACF-4F4C-B916-8A220ACCC234}{EC67C245-F357-4687-A695-B96A7DACF38D}{F1C51A2C-95E6-4BE8-8323-4ACDA99F68B3}{F76C5FE5-5CAA-4B3B-8A94-126BC3F47475}{F81EFBCB-6699-497D-9744-99206A6A88EB}{FA80FB09-4BE0-4796-AF67-FE5858BC301D}{FF392F00-BDC2-468B-9255-00F8E8EBD017}Regexp file mask%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Mozilla Firefox\extensions\healthcare@healthcaregovtool.com.xpi%temp%\WWatcher[RANDOM CHARACTERS].log%WINDIR%\SysFilesController\SysFiles_backup.exe%WINDIR%\SysHealthController\SysFiles_backup.exe%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\SysHealth_Controller_Mon%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\SysProgs_Controller_Mon%WINDIR%\System32\WeWatcherLSP64.dll%WINDIR%\System32\WWatcherLSP64.dll%WINDIR%\System32\WWatcherProxyOff.ini%WINDIR%\SysWOW64\WeWatcherLSP.dll%WINDIR%\SysWOW64\WWatcherLSP.dll%WINDIR%\SysWOW64\WWatcherProxyOff.iniHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\WWatcherProxy.EXESOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\SysHealth_Controller_MonSOFTWARE\WeWatcherProxySOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Classes\AppID\WWatcherProxy.EXESOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\WeWatcherProxySOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\WWatcherProxySYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Network\WeWatcherProxySYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SafeBoot\Network\WWatcherProxySYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\WWatcherProxySYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\SafeBoot\Network\WeWatcherProxySYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\SafeBoot\Network\WWatcherProxySYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\WWatcherProxySYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Network\WeWatcherProxySYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Network\WWatcherProxySYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\WWatcherProxyHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}HealthcareGovToolutilProgramsWebWatcherInstallWinWiki

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%PROGRAMFILES%\HealthcareGovTool%PROGRAMFILES%\ServiceUpdater%PROGRAMFILES%\SysPrograms%PROGRAMFILES%\WebWatcher%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\HealthcareGovTool%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ServiceUpdater%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SysPrograms%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\WebWatcher%WinDir%\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\WWatcherProxy
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