Threat Database Adware Ads by Customer Promos

Ads by Customer Promos

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 202
First Seen: February 2, 2016
Last Seen: February 19, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Customer Promos program is advertised at Customerpromos.com as been a set of tools to enhance your online experience. That does not say much—does it? Security experts reveal that the Customer Promos program is an adware that may arrive on your PC bundled with free programs such as AnonymizerGadget and BackUpDutyLite. The Customer Promos adware may use JavaScript and appear as a browser plug-in to inject advertisements on the sites you load in Google Chrome, Opera, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. The ads by Customer Promos may look like banners, floating ad-boxes, and in-line hyperlinks. Additionally, the Customer Promos adware may use ActionScript to load pop-up and pop-under windows when you visit online stores such as eBay, Walmart and Amazon.

Security experts note that the Customer Promos adware may read information about your software and hardware configuration and welcome users to install badware such as the Falco Software Toolbar and Search Protect By Client Connect Ltd. The Customer Promos adware may ask users to provide access to their profiles on Facebook to receive promotions based on their interests, location and pages they like. However, it is not wise to allow the Customer Promos adware to access your social media profile. The Customer Promos adware may post advertising materials on your friend's and your news feed. The Customer Promos adware may show ads on your screen that may seem like very generous discounts for products you might like. The ads by Customer Promos may be corrupted, and users may be redirected to untrusted sites and phishing pages. Security experts advise users to install a trustworthy anti-malware utility that can scan their systems for the binary associated with the Customer Promos adware and delete it safely.

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Registry Details

Ads by Customer Promos may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
SOFTWARE\CustomerPromos
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{7DB5DD0A-9146-4969-8449-47BEBFFB5146}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\CustomerPromos
SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Service Mgr CustomerPromos
SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Update Mgr CustomerPromos
SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\Service Mgr CustomerPromos
SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\Update Mgr CustomerPromos
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Service Mgr CustomerPromos
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Update Mgr CustomerPromos

Directories

Ads by Customer Promos may create the following directory or directories:

%PROGRAMFILES%\Customer Promos
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Customer Promos
%temp%\Customer Promos

URLs

Ads by Customer Promos may call the following URLs:

.customerpromos.com

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