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PUP.GetNow.A

Posted: October 31, 2013

Threat Metric

Ranking: 12,282
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 26,557
First Seen: October 31, 2013
Last Seen: February 25, 2025
OS(es) Affected: Windows

PUP.GetNow.A is a potentially unwanted program (PUP), which may be installed to a computer system without the PC user's knowledge or awareness. PUP.GetNow.A may also be usually installed legitimately added into another free program, often into an ad-supported program, in which the installation agreement typically urges the PC user to accept it, in addition to the free program, he is downloading. Extermination of PUP.GetNow.A may lead to damage of the ad-supported program, which was installed with it. When installed, PUP.GetNow.A may show annoying pop-up adverts on the screen of the PC. PUP.GetNow.A may also keep track of the computer user's surfing habits, grab personal and computer data and transfer it to third-parties for advertising campaigns. Therefore, PUP.GetNow.A may result in serious privacy issues to the PC user. PUP.GetNow.A may alter browser settings to enable further malware invasion or attacks.

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:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\GetNowUpdater.exe13706e File name: GetNowUpdater.exe13706e
Size: 3.23 MB (3233104 bytes)
MD5: 130146dc0f232f6b21e52a106085089d
Detection count: 1,295
Mime Type: unknown/exe13706e
Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\GetNowUpdater.exe13706e
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 18, 2024
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\GetNowUpdater\inst\Bootstrapper\GetNowUpdaterUninstall.exe File name: GetNowUpdaterUninstall.exe
Size: 898.81 KB (898816 bytes)
MD5: 742457a02803be584bd87b648094ebf3
Detection count: 241
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\GetNowUpdater\inst\Bootstrapper\GetNowUpdaterUninstall.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 20, 2025
%APPDATA%\GetnowUpdater\html_res\adbF\adb.exe File name: adb.exe
Size: 825.85 KB (825852 bytes)
MD5: f2d3d0807fa10d3fc72371d43108a23a
Detection count: 62
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\GetnowUpdater\html_res\adbF
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 9, 2014
%APPDATA%\GetnowUpdater\html_res\setup.exe File name: setup.exe
Size: 700.2 KB (700200 bytes)
MD5: d84df49847afeca0bee1e854a3581a73
Detection count: 33
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\GetnowUpdater\html_res
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 9, 2014
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX1\MetroInstallerAPP.exe File name: MetroInstallerAPP.exe
Size: 1.06 MB (1061704 bytes)
MD5: 91024d500e696708cb7f949ab30e21e6
Detection count: 28
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX1\MetroInstallerAPP.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 12, 2024

More files

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

File name without pathGetNowUpdater.lnkHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\AppscionUpdaterSoftware\GetNowUpdaterSoftware\GTN_STFSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\GetNowRecoverySoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\GetNowUpdaterHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}GetNowUpdater

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%APPDATA%\GetNowUpdater%APPDATA%\GetNowUpdaterRecovery%LOCALAPPDATA%\GetNowUpdater%LOCALAPPDATA%\GetnowUninstall%TEMP%\GetNowUpdater
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