PUP.ChinAd
Posted: October 22, 2013
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.
Ranking: | 221 |
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Threat Level: | 8/10 |
Infected PCs: | 637,770 |
First Seen: | October 22, 2013 |
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Last Seen: | October 17, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
PUP.ChinAd is a potentially unwanted program that may display random ads or ads related to the web user's browsing habits on popular online shopping and social networking websites that PC users usually visit. These random advertisements of PUP.ChinAd may be displayed as boxes that contain a variety of available coupons or as underlined keywords, which when clicked may show a random advertisement that declares it is sent to the web user by PUP.ChinAd. PUP.ChinAd may embed a browser plug-in, add-on or extension for Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome that may usually be installed when the computer user downloads and installs other free applications. When the computer user installs these free applications, he may also install PUP.ChinAd on the PC. Once PUP.ChinAd is installed, it may display a 'See Similar' icon next to the image of the product on numerous online shopping websites. PUP.ChinAd may also show deals, coupons and offers on the affiliated product websites. Sometimes, by clicking on a given offer, the PC user may get rerouted to the doubtful advertising website, which was designed by web attackers to possibly boost traffic and earn money from click fraud.
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:E:\5902551604822016\88518b16abdae9f65dcdda44588bc060826e90dd40ba58abeec55397bce85167
File name: 88518b16abdae9f65dcdda44588bc060826e90dd40ba58abeec55397bce85167Size: 1.93 MB (1935360 bytes)
MD5: 5c1e55872eee347aab9986cebd50e352
Detection count: 204
Path: E:\5902551604822016\88518b16abdae9f65dcdda44588bc060826e90dd40ba58abeec55397bce85167
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 15, 2022
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\desktop\raffle.exe
File name: raffle.exeSize: 1.78 MB (1787208 bytes)
MD5: 663fbf2a248971ea69c6234480a4bdcb
Detection count: 66
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\desktop
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 26, 2019
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\DreamScreen\DreamScreen.scr
File name: DreamScreen.scrSize: 5.3 MB (5304832 bytes)
MD5: 719e1b98d3255693303adf38abbf0cd6
Detection count: 54
Mime Type: unknown/scr
Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\DreamScreen
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 27, 2017
C:\Program Files (x86)\hmrl\RlDateSet.exe
File name: RlDateSet.exeSize: 962.32 KB (962328 bytes)
MD5: 3f73a23886f2109e11882f5a600d3c24
Detection count: 9
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\hmrl\RlDateSet.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 22, 2022
Registry Modifications
CLSID{7237A7B9-A57A-47F7-AA32-542848F408E1}{97510FAC-ED50-46BF-B2A1-25F434BF1030}Regexp file mask%WINDIR%\system32\drivers\lanmamaster.sysHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Classes\DongFangImeDictFileSOFTWARE\Classes\DongFangImeSkinFileSOFTWARE\DongFangSOFTWARE\DongFangInputSOFTWARE\DongFangServiceSOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\NativeMessagingHosts\com.haitao.chrome.namsg.ht1haoSOFTWARE\TXlTb2Z0Software\WanNengWBSOFTWARE\WanNengWBInputSOFTWARE\WanNengWBServiceSoftware\WanNengZipHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}万能五笔内置版万能压缩东方输入法
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