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Playzy

Posted: January 26, 2015

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 2,754
First Seen: December 2, 2014
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

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The following files were created in the system:



C:\Windows.old.000\Program Files\Playzy\ExtensionUpdaterService.exe File name: ExtensionUpdaterService.exe
Size: 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.exe
Size: 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.dll
MD5: 53fa47fa781c43d3b74f6989721a75ba
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
InstallerHelper.dll File name: InstallerHelper.dll
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
DGChrome.exe File name: DGChrome.exe
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Extension64.dll File name: Extension64.dll
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
unins000.exe File name: unins000.exe
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

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

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%PROGRAMFILES%\Playzy
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