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WizzWifiHotspot Ads

Posted: April 8, 2016

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 10,214
First Seen: April 8, 2016
Last Seen: July 31, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows


WizzWifiHotspot is a typical adware that may not benefit you in any way. This program is advertised as a tool that can let you share your Internet connection. Although this description may seem appealing on first sight, the truth is that you have no reason whatsoever to install WizzWifiHotspot. There is no software that can turn your PC into a signal-transmitting device without the necessary hardware. You need to connect a router for this task. On the other hand, if you have such appliance, you will not need the WizzWifiHotspot software to set it up. The developers of this adware describe WizzWifiHotspot in a misleading manner and spare the details only to promote the installation. If you download this questionable application or agree to load it together with some other freeware, you may notice various unpleasant changes in your browsers soon afterward. WizzWifiHotspot may create an extension in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, and any other Web client that you may have. WizzWifiHotspot may change a lot of settings automatically. WizzWifiHotspot may replace your homepage with some unreliable search provider. WizzWifiHotspot also may inject additional commercial materials of various shapes, including pop-ups, banners, sponsored videos, in-text ads, etc. Some of them may be pretty intrusive as they may appear on all of your favorite Web pages. The advertising windows may occupy a significant area of your screen. It is possible for them to cover important page buttons, thus making it hard for you to navigate through the site. The mere loading of the multimedia ads may cause trouble as they may consume a lot of resources. As an outcome of this process, you may experience annoying freezes or crashes. The ads may be relevant to your taste because they may be based on present cookies, and appear as you visit specific sites. However, it is not recommended to click on them because some of the pages in the partner network of WizzWifiHotspot may be unsafe. The experts recommend you to use a dedicated anti-malware program to eliminate this adware.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

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The following files were created in the system:



C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\DKT6PAM40\DKT6PAM40.exe File name: DKT6PAM40.exe
Size: 1.76 MB (1765842 bytes)
MD5: bcd2c4ea9fcd93bec2a156cd7eb02a45
Detection count: 94
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\DKT6PAM40\DKT6PAM40.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 1, 2022
%PROGRAMFILES%\WizzWifiHotspot\WizzWifiHotspot.exe File name: WizzWifiHotspot.exe
Size: 2.84 MB (2842112 bytes)
MD5: f6015a53d229e6aff617eae5aa3f92cd
Detection count: 28
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\WizzWifiHotspot
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 14, 2016

More files

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

File name without pathWizzWifiHotspot.lnkHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WizzWifiHotspotSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\WizzwifihotspotSOFTWARE\WizzwifihotspotSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WizzWifiHotspotHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}Wizzwifihotspot_is1

Additional Information

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