Dragon Branch Ads

By GoldSparrow in Potentially Unwanted Programs

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 392
First Seen: April 20, 2015
Last Seen: May 16, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Dragon Branch plugin is classified by security experts as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) with adware capabilities because it may present you with pop-up ads, banners and ad panels in your web browser. The Dragon Branch plugin is deployed with freeware bundles, and it may be promoted to you as a browser enhancer. However, the only enhancement you may experience is a disturbing amount of advertisements on the pages you browse on the Web. The Dragon Branch plugin may claim to enhance your searches on Google, but it is ad-supported and will have to tolerate many commercials during your online session. Moreover, security experts observe a behavior similar to BrowseFox and the Dragon Branch application may use tracking cookies and record your search terms to display related advertisements. The Dragon Branch plugin has versions for Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome, and can alter the way search results are presented to you. Also, the Dragon Branch app may inject in-text hyperlinks to content by sponsors on non-affiliated pages. Security experts add that the Dragon Branch program may add a task in the Windows Task Scheduler to update its components without asking for your approval. Computer users might want to remove the Dragon Branch plugin from their OS by using a reliable anti-spyware utility.

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Registry Details

Dragon Branch Ads may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
CLSID
{1423AA27-691B-4FD6-95D4-7625A60FDC49}
{31EC9906-556D-40BF-B0BF-9182FC4F350C}
{5a52eb49-32bc-41ae-ae43-614878f9fe7d}
SOFTWARE\dragonbranch
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{5a52eb49-32bc-41ae-ae43-614878f9fe7d}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\dragonbranch
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{5a52eb49-32bc-41ae-ae43-614878f9fe7d}
SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Service Mgr dragonbranch
SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Update Mgr dragonbranch
SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\Service Mgr dragonbranch
SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\Update Mgr dragonbranch
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Service Mgr dragonbranch
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Update Mgr dragonbranch

Directories

Dragon Branch Ads may create the following directory or directories:

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\b56dff5a-df23-4e43-acde-a4f08b8dcffb
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\b56dff5a-df23-4e43-acde-a4f08b8dcffb
%COMMONPROGRAMFILES%\b56dff5a-df23-4e43-acde-a4f08b8dcffb
%COMMONPROGRAMFILES(x86)%\b56dff5a-df23-4e43-acde-a4f08b8dcffb
%PROGRAMFILES%\Dragon Branch
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Dragon Branch
%temp%\Dragon Branch

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