Threat Database Adware AP Suggestor

AP Suggestor

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 181
First Seen: March 30, 2015
Last Seen: May 25, 2022
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The AP Suggestor search assistant from APSolo LTD UK is classified by security experts as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) because AP Suggestor tracks your search terms and displays advertisements in your web browser. You should note that the AP Suggestor app reads your entered search terms and presents you with similar keywords and suggestions linking to a video, text and image content. Web surfers who are concerned with their privacy may not want the AP Suggestor tool to be part of their web browser. If you like visiting peculiar adult rated content you might not want AP Suggestor to suggest similar content when your spouse or parents decide to use the web client after your online session. AP Suggestor is available for Internet Explorer as a Browser Helper Object (BHO) that uses a DLL file to facilitate its operations. You may be interested to know that the AP Suggestor app substitutes the aggregated search results at the top of the results pages on search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing and AOL. Also, the AP Suggestor app may record your browsing history and detect your approximate geographical location to show you targeted advertisements on the web pages you browse. AP Suggestor can be download from its official website and can be found accompanying free software installers under the 'Advanced' or 'Custom' option. Think twice before you decide to keep AP Suggestor on your computer because it will modify the way results are presented to you on search engines, and you may experience banners and ad boxes by AP Suggestor.

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Registry Details

AP Suggestor may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
CLSID
{D0984FD4-FA9A-46ee-9072-70B0735FF852}
Software\AppDataLow\Software\AP Suggestor
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{D0984FD4-FA9A-46EE-9072-70B0735FF852}
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\{02E2473F-766B-4ce2-8FD0-C4E8071EF1C4}
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Settings\{D0984FD4-FA9A-46EE-9072-70B0735FF852}
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{D0984FD4-FA9A-46EE-9072-70B0735FF852}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\{02E2473F-766B-4ce2-8FD0-C4E8071EF1C4}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{D0984FD4-FA9A-46ee-9072-70B0735FF852}

Directories

AP Suggestor may create the following directory or directories:

%PROGRAMFILES%\AP Suggestor
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\AP Suggestor

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