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WizzAppChecker Ads

Posted: April 8, 2016

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 178
First Seen: April 8, 2016
Last Seen: May 2, 2022
OS(es) Affected: Windows


WizzAppChecker is a useless application that may create a lot of problems for you. Its developers promote WizzAppChecker as a reliable security tool that is capable of protecting your PC from threats. According to them, WizzAppChecker can shield you from hacker attacks and guarantee your privacy. The tool also is expected to prevent the loading of potentially harmful Web pages. In reality, however, WizzAppChecker is not legit security software so that WizzAppChecker may not achieve the promised features. Its creators misguide the PC users about the performance of their product intentionally to promote its installation. If the person agrees to load WizzAppChecker, the developers may start receiving revenues shortly afterward. The unreliable application is adware that may include unwanted commercial materials in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. The new ads may obtain all kinds of shapes: they may be pop-ups, pop-under, transitional ads, interstitial ads, eye-catching animations, embedded videos materials or hyperlinked words in the text. Not all of them may have the 'Powered by WizzAppChecker' slogan, so you may expect them to belong the currently viewed page. However, it may not take you too long to notice that even sites that were add-free previously are now filled with coupons, daily deals and exclusive offers. These unwanted marketing elements may cover a substantial part of your screen. Their mere existence may cause you annoyance, but you may face far more serious issues as well. The adware may worsen the performance of your browsers. You may experience various glitches starting from an increased loading time and ending with sporadic crashes. The exact problems depend on the hardware of your PC, and the number of tabs you open at the same time. The ads by WizzAppChecker are not considered to be safe. Some of them may redirect you to pages that ask you to install harmful software so that it is advisable to ignore the intrusive commercial materials. You should proceed with a full scan of your system with a suitable security solution to eliminate this adware.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

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The following files were created in the system:



WizzAppChecker-widget.exe File name: WizzAppChecker-widget.exe
Size: 2.48 MB (2481377 bytes)
MD5: 6da64446f278e1f40b559af28225ee79
Detection count: 2
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 8, 2020

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WizzAppCheckerSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WizzAppChecker

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%PROGRAMFILES%\WizzAppChecker%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\WizzAppChecker
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