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ShopSave.Me

Posted: April 22, 2014

Threat Metric

Ranking: 8,999
Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 18,725
First Seen: April 22, 2014
Last Seen: October 12, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

ShopSave.Me is a potentially unwanted program (PUP) that may show disturbing in-text ads, pop-up ads, search ads, underlined keywords and other sponsored messages. ShopSave.me may be promoted as a helpful program that was created to enhance a PC user's browsing quality; therefore, it may be downloaded to a computer system voluntarily from its official website, or it may enter a PC as an optional tool packaged with free programs that computer users download and install from suspicious websites. ShopSave.me can also be categorized as adware. If ShopSave.me takes over a Web browser such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and other well-known Web browsers, it may generate and show various unwanted advertisements labelled 'Ads by ShopSave.me' and commercial messages. ShopSave.Me may also constantly divert PC users to unsafe websites. ShopSave.Me may be produced to generate advertising revenue from increased web traffic and ad clicks.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

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The following files were created in the system:



C:\Program Files\ShopSave Toolbar\2.4.3\KangoBHO.dll File name: KangoBHO.dll
Size: 273.92 KB (273920 bytes)
MD5: 810664ef434de83407b84c4bc742f98b
Detection count: 7,462
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\Program Files\ShopSave Toolbar\2.4.3\KangoBHO.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 1, 2022
C:\Program Files (x86)\ShopSave Toolbar\2.4.2\KangoBHO64.dll File name: KangoBHO64.dll
Size: 330.24 KB (330240 bytes)
MD5: 393bcc5b0e4120b712b1f9e82a848811
Detection count: 4,124
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\ShopSave Toolbar\2.4.2\KangoBHO64.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 8, 2022
%PROGRAMFILES%\ShopSave Toolbar\1.0.3\KangoBHO.dll File name: KangoBHO.dll
Size: 255.48 KB (255488 bytes)
MD5: 355e9f18a0a7bb06cce65ceb337b9a75
Detection count: 492
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\ShopSave Toolbar\1.0.3
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 14, 2016
file.exe File name: file.exe
Size: 677.56 KB (677565 bytes)
MD5: 3a9523a330d3e7e956f1792d89a6813a
Detection count: 39
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 22, 2014

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

CLSID{033BE5FC-ED4C-48A0-8F07-E0128384D828}{2EF06180-4445-4307-8892-EAE0C0780A84}{6CC4BF79-7708-4ECB-8F2B-A11264A67989}{892CB4DC-3EEB-425D-B348-63F350A0AD9B}{91EE0830-B539-45AB-83F2-741FED0B0E2F}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Classes\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\Elevation Policy\{9DAD918E-AEED-9FC5-3C30C97CA343}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{033BE5FC-ED4C-48A0-8F07-E0128384D828}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{6CC4BF79-7708-4ECB-8F2B-A11264A67989}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\Elevation Policy\{9DAD918E-AEED-9FC5-3C30C97CA343}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\{033BE5FC-ED4C-48A0-8F07-E0128384D828}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{6CC4BF79-7708-4ECB-8F2B-A11264A67989}Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Settings\{033BE5FC-ED4C-48A0-8F07-E0128384D828}Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Settings\{6CC4BF79-7708-4ECB-8F2B-A11264A67989}Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{6CC4BF79-7708-4ECB-8F2B-A11264A67989}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{6CC4BF79-7708-4ECB-8F2B-A11264A67989}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\{6CC4BF79-7708-4ECB-8F2B-A11264A67989}SOFTWARE\{6CC4BF79-7708-4ECB-8F2B-A11264A67989}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}{6CC4BF79-7708-4ECB-8F2B-A11264A67989}

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%AppData%\{6CC4BF79-7708-4ECB-8F2B-A11264A67989}%PROGRAMFILES%\ShopSave Toolbar%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ShopSave Toolbar%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\{6CC4BF79-7708-4ECB-8F2B-A11264A67989}
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