Playzy
Posted: January 26, 2015
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: | 2/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 2,754 |
First Seen: | December 2, 2014 |
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Last Seen: | April 21, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Playzy is labeled as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). Playzy is created and developed by Bitcocktail. Typically, a PUP-related application such as Playzy is known to be distributed using a bundling marketing technique. Playzy installs a browser extension, plugin or add-on that is created to bring user related advertisements. Unwanted applications such as Playzy are known to add an automatic update component to your system in order to check, download and install new versions of the PUP. Users should not be surprised if they see that Playzy has altered their homepage and default search engine as well, PUP-related products are capable of doing so.
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:C:\Windows.old.000\Program Files\Playzy\ExtensionUpdaterService.exe
File name: ExtensionUpdaterService.exeSize: 295.24 KB (295248 bytes)
MD5: 18347eb15af3ef11053dd3138a764854
Detection count: 1,216
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Windows.old.000\Program Files\Playzy\ExtensionUpdaterService.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 29, 2022
C:\Windows.old.000\Program Files\Playzy\notifier.exe
File name: notifier.exeSize: 419.15 KB (419152 bytes)
MD5: 8f4dec2042c03baf7f01e3ed7d74f673
Detection count: 1,117
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Windows.old.000\Program Files\Playzy\notifier.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 29, 2022
C:\Program Files\Playzy\Extension32.dll
File name: C:\Program Files\Playzy\Extension32.dllMD5: 53fa47fa781c43d3b74f6989721a75ba
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
InstallerHelper.dll
File name: InstallerHelper.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
DGChrome.exe
File name: DGChrome.exeFile type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Extension64.dll
File name: Extension64.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
unins000.exe
File name: unins000.exeFile type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Registry Modifications
CLSID{121C6AF3-6778-4360-AFDB-57BD4E3E4343}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{121C6AF3-6778-4360-AFDB-57BD4E3E4343}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\PlayzySOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\Extensions\{121C6AF3-6778-4360-AFDB-57BD4E3E4343}SOFTWARE\PlayzySOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Mozilla\Firefox\Extensions\{121C6AF3-6778-4360-AFDB-57BD4E3E4343}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\PlayzyHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}{121C6AF3-6778-4360-AFDB-57BD4E3E4343}_is1
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