CostMin
Threat Scorecard
EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecard
EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards are assessment reports for different malware threats which have been collected and analyzed by our research team. EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards evaluate and rank threats using several metrics including real-world and potential risk factors, trends, frequency, prevalence, and persistence. EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards are updated regularly based on our research data and metrics and are useful for a wide range of computer users, from end users seeking solutions to remove malware from their systems to security experts analyzing threats.
EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards display a variety of useful information, including:
Ranking: The ranking of a particular threat in EnigmaSoft’s Threat Database.
Severity Level: The determined severity level of an object, represented numerically, based on our risk modeling process and research, as explained in our Threat Assessment Criteria.
Infected Computers: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
See also Threat Assessment Criteria.
| Ranking: | 6,198 |
| Threat Level: | 20 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 11,266 |
| First Seen: | October 1, 2013 |
| Last Seen: | September 19, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
CostMin is an adware application that may display pop-up advertisements, sponsored links and coupons via a pop-up box on Amazon, Walmart, Ebay and other shopping websites that Internet users are visiting. CostMin pop-up advertisements may be illustrated as boxes, which carry a variety of coupons that are available or as underlined keywords, which when clicked may illustrate a pop-up advertisement that declares it is sent to the PC user by CostMin. CostMin is an add-on for Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome that is usually inserted when PC users install another free software products, such as download-managers, video recording/streaming or PDF creators, that had packed into their installation CostMin. When computer users install these free applications, they may also install CostMin. While being installed, whenever the PC user will visit Expedia, Best Buy, Facebook or any other similar websites, CostMin will show a 'See Similar' button on product images, which when clicked may show pop-up ads by CostMin. CostMin may also display advertising banners on the websites that web users are visiting, and as they surf the Internet, CostMin may deliver coupons and other deals available on a variety of websites.
Table of Contents
Aliases
5 security vendors flagged this file as malicious.
| Anti-Virus Software | Detection |
|---|---|
| AVG | Skodna.Generic.ALR |
| AhnLab-V3 | Adware/Win32.MegaSearch |
| Avast | Win32:MultiPlug-Y [PUP] |
| Symantec | Adware.Popuppers |
| K7AntiVirus | Riskware |
SpyHunter Detects & Remove CostMin
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. | 51e7c8673f01d.dll | 05234975b085632d70d89c2f420c5107 | 494 |
| 2. | costmin-setup.exe | 9ad4c78dbfbf21ec2171d3bed89f2064 | 2 |
| 3. | O7TNCz.dll | dd786875d69cca863d57ef587d1cec39 | 1 |
| 4. | epbobadpdjhmhnnokljfjbmjbjkkamic.crx | 942a18653d728b8fb133a91eb9cbc811 | 0 |
Registry Details
Directories
CostMin may create the following directory or directories:
| %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\cosstminn |
| %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\costmin |
| %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\cosstminn |
| %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\costmin |
| %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\windows_ie_ac_001\AC\{1465BEC8-B8B8-E4C7-E8D6-CB7E7BD4B63E} |
| %PROGRAMFILES%\CostMin |
| %PROGRAMFILES%\cosstminn |
| %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\cosstminn |
| %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\CostMin |
| %Temp%\costmin |
| %appdata%\{E3D96270-3848-E9D2-BB32-2211E57D4845} |
URLs
CostMin may call the following URLs:
| cosstminn |
| costmin |
Submit Comment
Please DO NOT use this comment system for support or billing questions. For SpyHunter technical support requests, please contact our technical support team directly by opening a customer support ticket via your SpyHunter. For billing issues, please refer to our "Billing Questions or Problems?" page. For general inquiries (complaints, legal, press, marketing, copyright), visit our "Inquiries and Feedback" page.