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Poposhidu Ads

Posted: October 14, 2015

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 176
First Seen: September 15, 2015
Last Seen: October 9, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

If you start facing some intrusive online ads marked as 'Powered by Poposhidu,' then there is an unrequested application on your PC undoubtedly. Poposhidu possesses all of the distinctive features of the ad-oriented web extensions. This adware has no official page, and it is exceptionally hard to find a site that hosts it. Of course, no-one but the security experts has any reason whatsoever to download Poposhidu intentionally. It reaches the computers of the users in a set with various types of freeware. This questionable distribution strategy, which is known as ' bundling,' is the primary way for suspicious and unreliable tools to get access to the computers of inattentive users. To oppose this tactic, never skip details when you load cost-free applications. After the successful installation, Poposhidu may gain certain control of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. The adware may change some settings automatically. It may replace your homepage with an unknown search site that you should not trust because it may display manipulated results. At the best positions, there may be links that lead to the partners and not to the sites that should be most helpful to you. Poposhidu also may change the appearance of new tabs. They may display the sites you have visited most frequently, but the adware may put affiliate pages in their places. What may cause you additional issues is the likely presence of pop-ups, banners, interstitial ads and even videos that may launch automatically. You may encounter these commercial materials during your online sessions repeatedly, which may soon enough become a highly annoying process. You should take in mind that a part of the newly created ads may take you to unsafe sites. For this reason, you should ignore them and take steps to delete the adware.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}Poposhidu

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Poposhidu
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