Threat Database Adware Maintenance Software Ads

Maintenance Software Ads

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 7,418
Threat Level: 20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 82,620
First Seen: June 21, 2016
Last Seen: September 17, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Maintenance Software is not a program related to the Microsoft Corp. or any legitimate software developer. The Maintenance Software may be listed in your Plug-ins and Extension Manager, and you may experience pop-up ads and notice an unusual number of banners displayed on your favorite site. The Maintenance Software is flagged as adware that is a member of the EoRezo family of adware. The name of the 'Maintenance Software' adware is generalized to fool users into thinking that it is an updater module and a safe component to their Internet browser. However, the 'Maintenance Software' adware is not a safe program, and it may send data like your Internet history, bookmark collections, software and hardware configuration to third parties. The 'Maintenance Software' adware may have arrived on your computer bundled with freeware applications like CinemaXPro and Desktop Dock.

The 'Maintenance Software' adware may use an extensive infrastructure of DLL, XPI, BHO, and CRX files to inject advertisements in most browsers. Security analysts note that the 'Maintenance Software' adware may load insecure content in Google Chrome, Palemoon, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, Chromium and SRWare Iron. The 'Maintenance Software' adware is versatile, may use custom CSS-styles, and alter the layout of social media portals like Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook to display promotional materials from sponsors. The ads by 'Maintenance Software' are injected directly into your browser and are not likely to be filtered by extensions like AdBlock Plus and PrivacyBadger. The 'Maintenance Software' adware may redirect users to potentially compromised pages and expose them to attacks with the RIG Exploit Kit. The 'Maintenance Software' adware may host its files in a folder under the Program Files directory and may be linked to your browser via a hook in your Registry. Computer users may have a hard time removing the 'Maintenance Software' adware manually since it may be registered as a browser service. You could use a reliable anti-spyware application to uninstall the 'Maintenance Software' adware and delete its components.

File System Details

Maintenance Software Ads may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. MsiExec.exe /I{CBA9D447-F449-4502-B302-AA518702F2D9}
2. C:\Program Files\Maintenance Developers\Maintenance Software Browser Network Edition\
3. C:\Program Files\Maintenance Software Browser Network Edition\autorun.exe 8f34ca4814b4181c5d93403c25d7527a

URLs

Maintenance Software Ads may call the following URLs:

msb.maintenance-developers.xuu.pl

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