Hold Page

By CagedTech in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 7,290
Threat Level: 20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 3,405
First Seen: November 24, 2014
Last Seen: September 13, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Hold Page is viewed as a Possibly Unwanted Program by security experts. What makes Hold Page to be considered a PUP is that Hold Page is related with an adware program that was elaborated as an advertising platform. Hold Page may cause problems to your computer and Web browser. Hold Page is a browser extension compatible with Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. After being installed, Hold Page may display countless advertisements on random Web pages visited by the computer user. These advertisements will flow over the Web page's content and prevent the computer user from reaching its original content. Hold Page also may monitor the PC user's browsing activities and share the collected data with its sponsors. Even if some of the advertisements displayed by Hold Page may be useful, its negative side leads to the conclusion that Hold Page should be removed from an affected computer.

Aliases

1 security vendors flagged this file as malicious.

Anti-Virus Software Detection
AVG Generic.225

SpyHunter Detects & Remove Hold Page

File System Details

Hold Page may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. utilHoldPage.exe 5a78b4ff176ff76240a3ea2ac0d2ade6 233
2. utilHoldPage.exe 0ec1d93e484a90d4dc3832dede2865ab 224

Registry Details

Hold Page may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
CLSID
{180BD92C-7EC0-4CF9-9329-7CEA0405B796}
{6c14185e-4de6-4a79-985b-19f23fd1e638}
{9B0B3C08-2AC3-43AD-AC78-3DB45181A1E1}
{9D1B61FF-B675-445A-A94C-4377E9B6AECD}
{bd324f55-add4-4b16-869d-382bd74747b9}
{F3F93F63-9570-44B4-9A6C-9976FA78CBF5}
SOFTWARE\Hold Page
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{6c14185e-4de6-4a79-985b-19f23fd1e638}
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{BD324F55-ADD4-4B16-869D-382BD74747B9}
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updateHoldPage_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updateHoldPage_RASMANCS
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\utilHoldPage_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\utilHoldPage_RASMANCS
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{6c14185e-4de6-4a79-985b-19f23fd1e638}
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Settings\{6c14185e-4de6-4a79-985b-19f23fd1e638}
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{6c14185e-4de6-4a79-985b-19f23fd1e638}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Hold Page
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updateHoldPage_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updateHoldPage_RASMANCS
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\utilHoldPage_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\utilHoldPage_RASMANCS
SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\Update Hold Page
SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\Util Hold Page
SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Update Hold Page
SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Util Hold Page
SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\eventlog\Application\Util Hold Page
SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\Util Hold Page
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Update Hold Page
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Util Hold Page
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Update Hold Page
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Util Hold Page

Directories

Hold Page may create the following directory or directories:

%PROGRAMFILES%\Hold Page
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Hold Page
%Temp%\Hold Page

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