Home Possibly Unwanted Program PUP.Idle Crawler

PUP.Idle Crawler

Posted: June 17, 2014

Threat Metric

Ranking: 16,428
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 78,683
First Seen: June 17, 2014
Last Seen: January 19, 2025
OS(es) Affected: Windows


Idle Crawler is a Potentially Unwanted Program that may also be found by the name OverLook. The Idle Crawler applications is a piece of software that claims to help internet marketing professionals to build analytic reports related to SEO, SEM and SMM cases. However, the Idle Crawler (OverLook) is mostly delivered using questionable techniques such as bundling with freeware. Due to the lack of attention users may accidentally install unwanted applications such as Idle Crawler (OverLook). In other cases, users may be misled to believe that Idle Crawler (OverLook) presents useful features for a better SEO and SEM analysis and download it from their official website at overlookweb.com. Either way, Idle Crawler (OverLook) is not as useful as advertised and it is not recommended to keep it. Unwanted applications such as Idle Crawler (OverLook) may often exhibit adware capabilities and track your online activities to promote annoying advertisements. Computer security experts advise users to remove Idle Crawler (OverLook) using a reliable anti-malware tool.

Aliases

Artemis!51C5F3269538 [McAfee]Trojan-Clicker.Win32.Clikug [Ikarus]Artemis!F639A06BDD5E [McAfee]TrojanClicker:Win32/Clikug.E [Microsoft]Artemis [McAfee-GW-Edition]Riskware ( 0049f6ae1 ) [K7AntiVirus]Generic.58C [AVG]Generic.192 [AVG]WS.Reputation.1 [Symantec]

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:



%LOCALAPPDATA%\Idle~_~Crawler\Idle~_~Crawler.exe File name: Idle~_~Crawler.exe
Size: 133.21 KB (133216 bytes)
MD5: ecdefa2af71bd007dfc575820847fde9
Detection count: 4,232
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Idle~_~Crawler
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 22, 2016
%LOCALAPPDATA%\I-._d-._l-._e~ ~C_.-r_.-a_.-w_.-l_.-e_.-r\I~..C~..Runner.exe File name: I~..C~..Runner.exe
Size: 133.21 KB (133216 bytes)
MD5: 4989b04dc2b5580cfc2c7290e516b71c
Detection count: 3,309
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\I-._d-._l-._e~ ~C_.-r_.-a_.-w_.-l_.-e_.-r
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 22, 2016
C:\WINDOWS\System32\MRT\3AC662F4-BBD5-4771-B2A0-164912094D5D\FilesStash\DC933EFC-E8A4-AE6D-53F9-E94D5B806784 File name: DC933EFC-E8A4-AE6D-53F9-E94D5B806784
Size: 394.84 KB (394840 bytes)
MD5: d76ecd8cebb91b93b727a8174a3ab43d
Detection count: 2,419
Path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\MRT\3AC662F4-BBD5-4771-B2A0-164912094D5D\FilesStash\DC933EFC-E8A4-AE6D-53F9-E94D5B806784
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 18, 2023
%LOCALAPPDATA%\I#d#l#e___C#r#a#w#l#e#r\I#C#Runner.exe File name: I#C#Runner.exe
Size: 132.7 KB (132704 bytes)
MD5: 7b0afd8e4680da985c073cb867289d49
Detection count: 923
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\I#d#l#e___C#r#a#w#l#e#r
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 22, 2016
%LOCALAPPDATA%\I .d. l .e. .C. r .a. w .l. e .r.\.I. .C. Runner.exe File name: .I. .C. Runner.exe
Size: 379.44 KB (379440 bytes)
MD5: f3a2b3dce204c78b8bc17a90d37a9675
Detection count: 728
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\I .d. l .e. .C. r .a. w .l. e .r.
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 22, 2016
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Idle # Crawler\Idle # Crawler.exe File name: Idle # Crawler.exe
Size: 133.21 KB (133216 bytes)
MD5: 7783ce1941ca6721e9fe4adbf612faf7
Detection count: 630
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Idle # Crawler
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 22, 2016
%LOCALAPPDATA%\#Idle-#.#-Crawler#\IcRunner.exe File name: IcRunner.exe
Size: 133.21 KB (133216 bytes)
MD5: e3d2a71057886e23047c609f834f59d3
Detection count: 564
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\#Idle-#.#-Crawler#
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 22, 2016
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Idle~.~Crawler\Idle~.~Crawler.exe File name: Idle~.~Crawler.exe
Size: 133.21 KB (133216 bytes)
MD5: e76e789223e3f8d5e19b5314d0f109d9
Detection count: 349
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Idle~.~Crawler
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 22, 2016
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Idle~Crawler\Idle~Crawler.exe File name: Idle~Crawler.exe
Size: 99.84 KB (99840 bytes)
MD5: fc29f06973f78ced7960eedb2603c2d7
Detection count: 197
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Idle~Crawler
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 26, 2018
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Idle-Crawler\Idle-Crawler.exe File name: Idle-Crawler.exe
Size: 192 KB (192000 bytes)
MD5: e30107c3ad9640ae7a31a60d38acaf5c
Detection count: 105
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Idle-Crawler
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 22, 2016
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Runner.exe File name: Runner.exe
Size: 1.61 MB (1612288 bytes)
MD5: d54aa441e3823b88d90855784b318d55
Detection count: 40
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 27, 2016
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\I. d. l. e . C. r. a. w. l. e. r\I. C. Runner.exe File name: I. C. Runner.exe
Size: 75.87 KB (75872 bytes)
MD5: 2b1220239649e53c9472714b2adc1dae
Detection count: 23
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\I. d. l. e . C. r. a. w. l. e. r\I. C. Runner.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 26, 2022
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Idle-Crawler\Idle-Profile.exe File name: Idle-Profile.exe
Size: 228.58 KB (228585 bytes)
MD5: 69fbf6f744268c1bff95c325955e1142
Detection count: 12
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Idle-Crawler
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 17, 2014
%LOCALAPPDATA%\IdleCrawler\IdleCrawler.exe File name: IdleCrawler.exe
Size: 452.09 KB (452096 bytes)
MD5: f8d5d14df7478a18d668a38a0963013a
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\IdleCrawler
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 17, 2014
%LOCALAPPDATA%\I.d.l.e C.r.a.w.l.e.r\I._C._Runner.exe File name: I._C._Runner.exe
Size: 379.44 KB (379440 bytes)
MD5: a00c339bffa7a7017b9e1d3d790e0b8f
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\I.d.l.e C.r.a.w.l.e.r
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 10, 2014

More files

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

Regexp file mask%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\I.C. Runner Procedure%windir%\System32\Tasks\Idle-Crawler Runner%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\Maintenance\IC Update Procedure%windir%\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\Maintenance\Idle-Crawler UpdateHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\I. d. l. e . C. r. a. w. l. e. rSoftware\I._d._l._e_._C._r._a._w._l._e._rSoftware\Idle-CrawlerSoftware\IdleCrawlerSoftware\Idle~CrawlerSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\I.C. Runner ProcedureSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\IC Runner ProcedureSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\Idle-Crawler RunnerSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\Idle~Crawler RunnerSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\Microsoft\Windows\Maintenance\I.C. Update ProcedureSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\Microsoft\Windows\Maintenance\IC Update ProcedureSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\Microsoft\Windows\Maintenance\Idle-Crawler UpdateSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\Microsoft\Windows\Maintenance\Idle~Crawler UpdateSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\I. d. l. e . C. r. a. w. l. e. rSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Idle-CrawlerSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\IdleCrawlerSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Idle~CrawlerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}Idle-CrawlerIdleCrawler

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\I. d. l. e . C. r. a. w. l. e. r%LOCALAPPDATA%\I._d._l._e_._C._r._a._w._l._e._r%LOCALAPPDATA%\Idle-Crawler%LOCALAPPDATA%\IdleCrawler%LOCALAPPDATA%\Idle~Crawler
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