Threat Database Adware Glass Bottle

Glass Bottle

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 9,185
Threat Level: 20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 2,767
First Seen: May 4, 2015
Last Seen: September 12, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Glass Bottle browser plugin is a variant of the BrowseFox cyber threat that is optimized to change several settings of your web browser and present you with several forms of commercials. The Glass Bottle adware is deployed via freeware bundles that most users install with the 'Express' or 'Typical' option. The Glass Bottle adware can use tracking cookies to deliver targeted marketing content like other variants of BrowseFox namely Diamondata, RightSurf and FindRight. Moreover, the Glass Bottle adware might download the aforementioned apps and change your default search engine, homepage, and new tab settings. Security analysts add that the Glass Bottle adware may slow down your web browser, disable instant search results suggestions and send data like your browsing history and bookmarks to advertisers. Also, the Glass Bottle adware may substitute the sponsored results on Google with links to untrusted Internet locations and suggest you to install riskware. The Glass Bottle adware can affect Google Chrome Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox and obstruct your comfortable browsing experience. Therefore, you might want to use a credible anti-spyware instrument to remove all components of the Glass Bottle adware on your system.

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Registry Details

Glass Bottle may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
CLSID
{78253ab6-7a0a-477b-a598-2b9e32e7e37b}
{88803a01-4125-443b-b869-4062a160ceea}
{EFE7C840-B9F7-4D1F-9F93-91460EF451A6}
{F338D95A-38E8-4E82-B1EA-6BD5DE68B618}
{ffe2109f-6431-4fc6-9a8e-67548d633415}
SOFTWARE\GlassBottle
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\glassbottle-a.akamaihd.net
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{88803a01-4125-443b-b869-4062a160ceea}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\GlassBottle
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{88803a01-4125-443b-b869-4062a160ceea}
SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Service Mgr glassbottle
SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Update Mgr glassbottle
SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\Service Mgr glassbottle
SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\Update Mgr glassbottle
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Service Mgr glassbottle
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Update Mgr glassbottle

Directories

Glass Bottle may create the following directory or directories:

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\51603d73-31f4-492f-a43e-5b71fef2ce15
%PROGRAMFILES%\Glass Bottle
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Glass Bottle
%appdata%\51603d73-31f4-492f-a43e-5b71fef2ce15
%temp%\Glass Bottle

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