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Posted: June 20, 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.
Ranking: | 11,001 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 11,769 |
First Seen: | August 13, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | October 5, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
LuckyBrowse is a typical adware that may display Web ads not originating from the currently viewed page. It is not prudent to download and install this extension. The changes that LuckyBrowse may cause to Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer may make it unpleasant for you to surf the Web. The developers of LuckyBrowse claim that their product will help you find interesting Web content. In fact, this unreliable application was not created to assist the users. Its main purpose is to redirect them towards affiliated sites. LuckyBrowse may inject various commercial materials in the sites you open. Soon after this adware settles into your system, you may start encountering abnormally high quantities of pop-ups, banners, interstitial ads or hyperlinked words. There may also be some embedded videos that launch automatically. These marketing elements may consist of various daily offers, discount coupons, vouchers and limited-time deals. You should know that LuckyBrowse doesn't display the same ads to every PC user. This adware may keep track of your surfing habits. LuckyBrowse may record some non-personally identifiable information such as your browsing and searching histories. This data may be used to analyze your interests, which may explain why some of the sponsored commercial materials may be relevant to your taste. The specialists don't encourage you to click on the links no matter how appealing the ads may be. The reason to stay away from them concerns the security of your PC. It is possible for some of the promoted third-party pages to be associated with unsafe activities or hoaxes. The performance of your Web clients may deteriorate due to the loading of these persistent ads. Some users report annoying glitches like freezes or drops in the operating speed. LuckyBrowse also may change parts of the configuration of your browsers automatically. LuckyBrowse may replace your default search provider with an untrustworthy engine. Although this extension is relatively small in size, its efficient removal may require special security software.
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%\AdwCleaner\Quarantine\C\Program Files (x86)\LuckyBrowse\app\LuckyBrowse.exe.vir
File name: LuckyBrowse.exe.virSize: 585.72 KB (585728 bytes)
MD5: 732ed03303fee8003e2922d87abf9903
Detection count: 1,916
Mime Type: unknown/vir
Path: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\AdwCleaner\Quarantine\C\Program Files (x86)\LuckyBrowse\app\LuckyBrowse.exe.vir
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 23, 2023
C:\Program Files\LuckyBrowse\app\LuckyBrowse.exe
File name: C:\Program Files\LuckyBrowse\app\LuckyBrowse.exeMD5: 732ed03303fee8003e2922d87abf9903
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
"C:\Program Files\LuckyBrowse\misc\uninstall.exe"
File name: "C:\Program Files\LuckyBrowse\misc\uninstall.exe"Mime Type: unknown/exe"
Group: Malware file
LuckyBrowseStarter.exe
File name: LuckyBrowseStarter.exeFile type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
sciter32.dll
File name: sciter32.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Registry Modifications
HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\LuckyBrowseSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\LuckyBrowseSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\LuckyBrowseSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\LuckyBrowseSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\LuckyBrowse
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