Adware.WebInternetSecurity
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| Ranking: | 16,675 |
| Threat Level: | 20 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 17,910 |
| First Seen: | April 9, 2014 |
| Last Seen: | September 18, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Adware.WebInternetSecurity is adware that may display random pop-up ads carrying discount coupons, offers, sales and deals in well-known online shopping websites and social networking websites. Adware.WebInternetSecurity may add an adware supported add-on, plug-in or browser extension for Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome that may show pop-up, pop-under, banner, search, and in-text link interstitial ads. Adware.WebInternetSecurity may propagate and install itself as an additional application onto the PC throughout the installation of possibly unprotected free program downloads. Adware.WebInternetSecurity may be embedded in the Web browser when the computer user installs free software that may have added into their installation Adware.WebInternetSecurity. When the PC user installs free programs on the computer system, he may also install Adware.WebInternetSecurity. Adware.WebInternetSecurity may be designed with the aim to generate advertising income from ad clicks.
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SpyHunter Detects & Remove Adware.WebInternetSecurity
File System Details
| # | File Name | MD5 |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | WebInternetSecurity.exe | 8a0b3b8f670c7a32cdc9b1a0797396ae | 6,595 |
| 2. | installer-wis-dl[1].exe | 294d8bf17879e177b92ab3c04233b892 | 6,024 |
| 3. | WebInternetSecurity.exe | 32eabdec77ee9d02ea0acde54e817a2c | 2,490 |
| 4. | uninstall.webinternetsecurity.exe | e9266785503519dbc15bfada8c19c40e | 2,387 |
Registry Details
Directories
Adware.WebInternetSecurity may create the following directory or directories:
| %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\WebInternetSecurity |
| %LOCALAPPDATA%\WebInternetSecurity |
| %PROGRAMFILES%\Webinternetsecurity |
| %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Webinternetsecurity |
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