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Tortuga Browser

Posted: July 30, 2015

Threat Metric

Ranking: 5,732
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 9,436
First Seen: July 30, 2015
Last Seen: October 17, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Tortuga Browser is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that may expose you to numerous unreliable web advertisements. It is created by Clara Labs and comes in the form of a stand-alone web client. This questionable application is built on the Chromium platform and promises to improve all aspects of your online experience. On the official page of this tool, which is tortugabrowser.com, the user may notice highly misleading statements. For example, the creators of Tortuga Browser claim it can protect the clients from cyber threats when it has no such capabilities whatsoever. The description of the product also states that the new browser blocks all annoying advertisements and does not insert additional commercial materials. This assertion is entirely deceptive. Tortuga Browser simply replaces the genuine page-based ads with its pop-ups, banners and targeted videos. The new sponsored links tend to be far more aggressive as they appear consistently and cannot be blocked. What some people may not know is that the ads generated by such tools are deemed as unsafe. If you click on them, you may be sent towards deceptive, fraudulent or even malicious domains. The presence of so many marketing materials in Tortuga Browser will likely make the browsing speed slower than usual. According to some users, it is hard to delete the PUP in the usual manner. For this reason, you may consider using a credible anti-malware application.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

File name without pathTortuga.lnkRegexp file mask%windir%\System32\Tasks\crash_service%windir%\System32\Tasks\tortugaHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithProgIds\TortugHTM.NSJA6BHDA3NCFCFMXW3QSCUYUQSOFTWARE\Classes\.html\OpenWithProgIds\TortugHTM.NSJA6BHDA3NCFCFMXW3QSCUYUQSOFTWARE\Classes\.shtml\OpenWithProgids\TortugHTM.NSJA6BHDA3NCFCFMXW3QSCUYUQSOFTWARE\Classes\.webp\OpenWithProgids\TortugHTM.NSJA6BHDA3NCFCFMXW3QSCUYUQSOFTWARE\Classes\.xht\OpenWithProgIds\TortugHTM.NSJA6BHDA3NCFCFMXW3QSCUYUQSOFTWARE\Classes\.xhtml\OpenWithProgIds\TortugHTM.NSJA6BHDA3NCFCFMXW3QSCUYUQSoftware\Classes\CLSID\966A6350-F49D-447B-8C82-5A16F79B560FSoftware\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\966A6350-F49D-447B-8C82-5A16F79B560FSOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\ShimInclusionList\tortuga.exeSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\tortuga.exeSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\TortugaSOFTWARE\RegisteredApplications\Tortuga.NSJA6BHDA3NCFCFMXW3QSCUYUQSoftware\TortugaSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\ShimInclusionList\tortuga.exeSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\tortuga.exeSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\RegisteredApplications\Tortuga.NSJA6BHDA3NCFCFMXW3QSCUYUQHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}Tortuga

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Tortuga%LOCALAPPDATA%\Tortuga
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