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Piccshare Ads

Posted: October 6, 2015

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 29,007
First Seen: October 28, 2014
Last Seen: November 29, 2024
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Piccshare is a tiny web add-on that allows its clients to share their photos. The pictures that you decide to show to the world, however, may not be seen by too many people. They are uploaded to piccshare.com, which is the official page of this tool. Since it doesn't have the reputation of a large social platform, hardly anyone will visit it intentionally. The fact that Piccshare may not be of help to you is the smallest reason not to install it. What matters more is that this extension serves as adware. It may overwhelm your web clients with tons of annoying commercial materials in various forms. While surfing the web, you may be disturbed by pop-ups, banners, targeted videos and concealed in-text ads on most pages. Sometimes, you may even come upon the so-called 'interstitial ads.' These marketing elements may appear on top of the site you want to view. This activity may turn your surfing sessions into a unenjoyable experience because you may get distracted and waste time. What is more, the mere fact that your system will be forced to load these multimedia elements may have unfavorable consequences. You may notice a drop of the performance, freezes and even occasional crashes. Just like with the ads of any other adware, you should be careful with the commercial elements exhibited by Piccshare. They may attract your attention because they may be based on your browsing history. Even if some product seems appealing, and you wish to check it, you should be careful because some of the partner sites may be unsafe. Never download any software from them or type data like your email address. You should use credible security software to get rid of Piccshare promptly.

Aliases

Generic.F11 [AVG]Win32:PUP-gen [PUP] [Avast]

Technical Details

File System Modifications

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The following files were created in the system:



C:\Users\<username>\Desktop\PC NUOVO\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\ext_piccshare\ext_piccshare.dll File name: ext_piccshare.dll
Size: 119.18 KB (119184 bytes)
MD5: 32c88d33570a4d1d5de7f1da141ab58f
Detection count: 9,172
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\Users\<username>\Desktop\PC NUOVO\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\ext_piccshare\ext_piccshare.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 12, 2024
%APPDATA%\Snoozer\Snoozer.exe File name: Snoozer.exe
Size: 1.13 MB (1137672 bytes)
MD5: c872e69a71fe83dc43b30b1443188262
Detection count: 8,729
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\Snoozer
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 25, 2024

More files

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\HTTOGroup\PiccShareSoftware\PiccShareHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}PiccShare

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\ext_piccshare
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