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Walermis

Posted: October 3, 2013

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 61
First Seen: October 3, 2013
Last Seen: May 10, 2019
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Walermis is adware, which is advertised via numerous unsafe freeware and shareware downloads and, once installed on the computer system, it may change the affected web browser's settings. Walermis may replace the default start page and search provider with a certain commercial website created by attackers to probably boost website traffic and make easy money from the pay-per-click technique. Walermis may display coupons, pop-up advertisements and sponsored links in hacked search results in any genuine search engine and may gather search terms from the target computer user's search queries. Walermis may spread together with various free software products such as video recording/streaming, download-managers or PDF creators that had bundled into their installation Walermis. When the PC user installs any free application, he may also rashly agree to install Walermis on the computer.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{613eb553-f054-4de0-a091-364f9100b3c8}
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