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Theater Mode

Posted: March 21, 2014

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 47
First Seen: March 24, 2014
Last Seen: May 10, 2019
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Theater Mode is a potentially unwanted program (PUP) that may enable PC users to turn off the lights whenever they're watching a video on YouTube. Theater Mode was developed by company named Mesa Roha Solutions LLC, and has been made compatible with Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox Web browsers. Theater Mode may be distributed and enter the computer system bundled with various freeware. After entering the computer, Theater Mode may start creating and showing numerous types of annoying advertisements, such as interstitial, search, and in-text ads. Theater Mode may monitor the computer user's Internet surfing habits by recording software and hardware information including IP address, operating system, browser type, unique identifier number, entered search queries, websites visited, and other similar information.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Mozilla\Firefox\Extensions\support@theatermodeapp.com
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