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TubeSing

Posted: November 4, 2013

Threat Metric

Ranking: 17,000
Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 42,661
First Seen: November 4, 2013
Last Seen: September 14, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

TubeSing is an adware program that generates advertisements in your browser and, in some cases, also may be used to hijack and redirect your Web browser to unwanted sites. Packaged as a YouTube-enhancing utility like Adware.TubeSaver or Adware.LyriXeeker, TubeSing may provide some minor benefits to your video-watching experiences but also includes substantial browser changes that aren't advantageous to keep on your PC. Because malware researchers have found that TubeSing has a past tendency to use non-consensual methods of installation, anti-malware protections should strongly be considered for blocking TubeSing's installation attempts or, at least, deleting TubeSing after TubeSing is managed to creep onto your PC.

When Your Browser Starts Dancing to TubeSing's Song

TubeSing is a YouTube-themed browser add-on whose side effects are what malware researchers would classify as the traditional payloads of adware and browser hijackers. Even though TubeSing promotes itself as a benign browser utility, its primary 'features' are of no benefit to the user and include loading advertisements that are injected into unrelated Web pages, as well as redirecting your browser and opening new tabs. Although TubeSing marks its advertisements to prevent them from being mistaken for native website content, TubeSing may not offer any options for disabling any of its functions or, most importantly, removing TubeSing from your browser.

At this time, malware researchers haven't gathered any evidence of TubeSing's advertising and redirects being used for harmful purposes like redirecting victims to unsafe sites. Although interaction with TubeSing-promoted links isn't endorsed and should be done with a heavy level of caution, TubeSing is not likely to cause any additional problems besides the symptoms described earlier on in this article. Nonetheless, these symptoms alone are sufficiently negative that malware researchers always would advise ridding your PC of TubeSing promptly.

How to Put a Sock in Your TubeSing Troubles

Because TubeSing initiates its browser functions without giving you any alternative recourse and even may try to stop itself from being deleted, anti-malware software always should be considered as your first option for removing TubeSing safely. TubeSing currently is categorized as a low-level PC threat. Again, anti-malware products, especially when used combined with good Web-browsing habits, should be able to block most PC threats. Updating software to reduce the possibility for exploited vulnerabilities also should be encouraged at all times.

TubeSing's advertisements are not designed to be unsafe but may include some risky content as a result of TubeSing's lack of security. If you have any reason to interact with advertisements or other Web content related to TubeSing, malware experts advise doing so only under heavy protection via all relevant anti-malware and browser security features.

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(x86)%\TubeSing-12\TubeSing-12-bho64.dll File name: TubeSing-12-bho64.dll
Size: 965.12 KB (965120 bytes)
MD5: 9fa1d47257f48ab165a2d36e0db9b650
Detection count: 981
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TubeSing-12
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 2, 2022
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TubeSing-3\TubeSing-3-updater.exe File name: TubeSing-3-updater.exe
Size: 367.1 KB (367104 bytes)
MD5: 2f7bde1f9474ade54cee963afff9f709
Detection count: 752
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TubeSing-3
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 23, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TubeSing-3\TubeSing-3-enabler.exe File name: TubeSing-3-enabler.exe
Size: 346.62 KB (346624 bytes)
MD5: 7e71b244fa5bf795c9acd1009ae3b27c
Detection count: 614
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TubeSing-3
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 23, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TubeSing-3\TubeSing-3-firefoxinstaller.exe File name: TubeSing-3-firefoxinstaller.exe
Size: 732.16 KB (732160 bytes)
MD5: e4c17d4734eaedf740fa765dad9615c3
Detection count: 471
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TubeSing-3
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 23, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES%\TubeSing-soft\TubeSingfYU158.exe File name: TubeSingfYU158.exe
Size: 142.33 KB (142336 bytes)
MD5: ee8d992199569e9331331155eebf2c02
Detection count: 410
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\TubeSing-soft
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 23, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TubeSing-12\Uninstall.exe File name: Uninstall.exe
Size: 115.2 KB (115200 bytes)
MD5: 6c9bed65fd61afdb41bf478b9349a637
Detection count: 403
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TubeSing-12
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 14, 2020
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TubeSing-12\TubeSing-12-enabler.exe File name: TubeSing-12-enabler.exe
Size: 355.84 KB (355840 bytes)
MD5: fa78dcd3c354289c7d28ddbb67d906e7
Detection count: 358
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TubeSing-12
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 23, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TubeSing-12\TubeSing-12-codedownloader.exe File name: TubeSing-12-codedownloader.exe
Size: 494.59 KB (494592 bytes)
MD5: b41c24a5b78e3c3ce357589292880621
Detection count: 356
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TubeSing-12
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 23, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES%\TubeSing-soft\TubeSingfYU.exe File name: TubeSingfYU.exe
Size: 383.48 KB (383488 bytes)
MD5: 8d37f07ba04b09478bdf738015864fda
Detection count: 300
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\TubeSing-soft
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 23, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TubeSing-12\TubeSing-12-updater.exe File name: TubeSing-12-updater.exe
Size: 367.1 KB (367104 bytes)
MD5: e084b99810a5853a6eb0cf7325b94b9c
Detection count: 293
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TubeSing-12
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 23, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TubeSing-3\TubeSing-3-bho64.dll File name: TubeSing-3-bho64.dll
Size: 963.07 KB (963072 bytes)
MD5: f7dc44bd4b2990f42b2749b16369bf40
Detection count: 255
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TubeSing-3
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 23, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TubeSing-12\TubeSing-12-firefoxinstaller.exe File name: TubeSing-12-firefoxinstaller.exe
Size: 732.16 KB (732160 bytes)
MD5: fde323445e4f8ca1f47104e311ad4554
Detection count: 176
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TubeSing-12
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 23, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES%\TubeSing-soft\TubeSingKgsmMw.exe File name: TubeSingKgsmMw.exe
Size: 77.31 KB (77312 bytes)
MD5: b5bffebce041130f15429c02f3dd3823
Detection count: 171
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\TubeSing-soft
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 23, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES%\TubeSing-soft\TubeSingKgs158.exe File name: TubeSingKgs158.exe
Size: 141.31 KB (141312 bytes)
MD5: f873f7206842f9b0ead5c982d7826047
Detection count: 152
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\TubeSing-soft
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 23, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TubeSing-22\TubeSing-22-bho64.dll File name: TubeSing-22-bho64.dll
Size: 965.12 KB (965120 bytes)
MD5: 15576ab21e025a6fb0fe040f53ad197f
Detection count: 150
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TubeSing-22
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 23, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES%\TubeSing-soft\TubeSingKgs.exe File name: TubeSingKgs.exe
Size: 383.48 KB (383488 bytes)
MD5: 6aac4d92c5babf79804ac9ef24c48ac0
Detection count: 136
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\TubeSing-soft
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 23, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TubeSing-12\TubeSing-12-bho64.dll File name: TubeSing-12-bho64.dll
Size: 963.07 KB (963072 bytes)
MD5: 81d2219cb54aa5add11bfdd6cb69c7f5
Detection count: 133
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TubeSing-12
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 23, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES%\TubeSing-22\TubeSing-22-updater.exe File name: TubeSing-22-updater.exe
Size: 367.1 KB (367104 bytes)
MD5: f6ad1a87d06939198ee049b7f79d0163
Detection count: 44
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\TubeSing-22
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 23, 2014

More files

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\AppDataLow\Software\TubeSing-12Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Software\TubeSing-12SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION\TubeSing-12-bg.exeSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION\TubeSing-12-bg.exeHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}TubeSing-34

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%PROGRAMFILES%\TubeSing-12%PROGRAMFILES%\TubeSing-34%PROGRAMFILES%\TubeSing-soft%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TubeSing-12%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TubeSing-34%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TubeSing-soft%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\TubeSing-12%appdata%\TubeSing-12
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