Tortuga Browser
Posted: July 30, 2015
Threat Metric
The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:
Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
Ranking: | 5,732 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 9,436 |
First Seen: | July 30, 2015 |
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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
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
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