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SpeedVideoPlayer Ads

Posted: October 12, 2015

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 16
First Seen: September 24, 2015
Last Seen: January 10, 2019
OS(es) Affected: Windows

It is adware that exhibits the SpeedVideoPlayer advertisements in your Web browser. SpeedVideoPlayer claims to be a video player that can play various files in a playlist. However, SpeedVideoPlayer has some additional features that may not be as helpful as its advertised functions. SpeedVideoPlayer can be attached to Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome and start displaying a huge amount of unwanted advertisements. Some computer users may install SpeedVideoPlayer on their computers due to its apparent usefulness but SpeedVideoPlayer also may have arrived on their PCs as a browser extension, add-on, plug-in and a Browser Helper Object that was bundled with a free program installer. As stated above, the application that is causing the SpeedVideoPlayer advertisements is adware, and it may lead users to unsafe Web pages. In many cases involving adware, it might run as a background service and bring up SpeedVideoPlayer advertisements as often as you open a new tab and input a URL. The adware linked to SpeedVideoPlayer may have installed its files in the Temp folder under the Windows directory and users should use a reliable anti-malware shield to clean their OS and avoid being affected by adware such as SpeedVideoPlayer in the future.

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Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SpeedVideoPlayer%PROGRAMFILES%\SpeedVideoPlayer%PROGRAMFILES%\Tuguu SL\SpeedVideoPlayer%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SpeedVideoPlayer%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Tuguu SL\SpeedVideoPlayer
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