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Magic Ball Ads

Posted: April 15, 2015

Threat Metric

Ranking: 13,454
Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 504
First Seen: April 13, 2015
Last Seen: September 12, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Magic Ball is an adware-laced browser add-on or extension created and developed by SuperWeb LLC. There are many other unreliable applications developed by SuperWeb LLC that provide similar features as Magic Ball; for example, other similar products by this company are Window Web, Information Cloud, and Picexa. Magic Ball is distributed using questionable marketing methods such as bundling. However, it is possible that you have been misled to think that this application is useful and download it yourself. Nevertheless, computer security specialists advise users to remain cautious and think twice before installing Magic Ball. An adware app such as Magic Ball may collect information related to your browsing activities and use it to present intrusive online ads. In addition, Magic Ball may consume a large portion of CPU resources and, therefore, make your PC run sluggishly.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Magic BallSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Magic BallSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updateMagicBall_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updateMagicBall_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\utilMagicBall_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\utilMagicBall_RASMANCSSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\Update Magic BallSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\Util Magic BallSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Update Magic BallSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Util Magic BallHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}Magic Ball

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%PROGRAMFILES%\Magic Ball%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Magic Ball%TEMP%\Magic Ball
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