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SpadeCast

Posted: February 20, 2014

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 1,129
First Seen: February 20, 2014
Last Seen: December 6, 2022
OS(es) Affected: Windows


SpadeCast is adware that may claim to give computer users various offers and deals online while they are visiting shopping related websites so that they can save money and time. SpadeCast may invade a computer system without a PC user's approval. When SpadeCast penetrates into the PC, it may modify system settings and drop related components on all the Web browsers installed on the computer system. When the PC user starts using Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or other major Web browsers, SpadeCast may start displaying random pop-up ads and messages. SpadeCast may also lead to annoying diversions to suspicious websites that were made to possibly make a profit from clicks on commercial advertisements and increased traffic of a questionable website. When installed on the PC and run, SpadeCast may add an unwanted plug-in, extension or add-on on all the Web browser and also change the default homepage and search engine or a new tab page with an unknown website.

Aliases

Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric [Antiy-AVL]Generic PUA FN [Sophos]Artemis!3D64BCED876B [McAfee]Riskware/BrowseFox [Fortinet]AdWare.SpadeCast [Ikarus]Generic PUA IJ [Sophos]Artemis!CCEC652DE1BD [McAfee]

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:



%PROGRAMFILES%\SpadeCast\updater.exe File name: updater.exe
Size: 109.56 KB (109568 bytes)
MD5: 4571c8be8e40a3cac971ee05705f82ad
Detection count: 309
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\SpadeCast
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 4, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SpadeCast\updater.exe File name: updater.exe
Size: 109.56 KB (109568 bytes)
MD5: cc133011b152f0c624ad464ba2c19904
Detection count: 77
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SpadeCast
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 4, 2014

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

CLSID{11CA42D1-E946-41C9-A525-8442681A358A}{B5E5C6E8-4396-4221-896E-57828740C14D}{ed381eb3-45e2-4e12-89eb-be974b15da44}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\SpadeCast_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\SpadeCast_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updateSpadeCast_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updateSpadeCast_RASMANCSSoftware\SpadeCastSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\SpadeCast_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\SpadeCast_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updateSpadeCast_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updateSpadeCast_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{ed381eb3-45e2-4e12-89eb-be974b15da44}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\SpadeCastSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\Update SpadeCastSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Update SpadeCastSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\eventlog\Application\Update SpadeCastSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\Update SpadeCastSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Update SpadeCastSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Update SpadeCastHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}SpadeCast

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%PROGRAMFILES%\SpadeCast%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\SpadeCast
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