Metacrawler.com

By GoldSparrow in Browser Hijackers

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 9,461
Threat Level: 50 % (Medium)
Infected Computers: 17,395
First Seen: November 19, 2013
Last Seen: September 17, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Metacrawler.com Image

Metacrawler.com is a deceptive website which poses as a legitimate and trustworthy web search service; however, in truth, Metacrawler.com won't provide you any reliable search results you could rely on, except links to dubious or advertising websites. Metacrawler.com's slogan is 'search the search engines' that is used with the purpose to seduce Internet users to use it for online searches. Metacrawler.com states to be powered by Google, Bing and Yahoo but, in reality, it is a lie. Metacrawler.com is associated with browser hijackers that can stealthily install a toolbar to the affected web browser and input some value in the default field of the Search Provider. These malware threats are able to hijack your web browser, change browser settings and search links. So, all search results you choose in Google, Yahoo, Bing and other search engines will redirect you to unwanted websites including Metacrawler.com. You should delete all malware infections related to Metacrawler.com, and thus, stop hits to this fake website.

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File System Details

Metacrawler.com may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. UpdateTask.exe 40bbb8436eb6444b450d5ed9dfcaa759 206
2. UpdateTask.exe ccfc2b2aa65174f4055ad151eed0b673 162
3. UpdateTask.exe a40ec45ab3268795c51f1327d88d1b54 112
4. UpdateTask.exe 1ae5a9ee22c35797428625e2903a404c 85
5. UpdateTask.exe 04544975872216b2aa91a027ce597e8d 62
6. UpdateTask.exe 29362914c50fc61129cc02b8fb7f98e8 8
7. UpdateTask.exe 2713e21e52943d1051eadbd807c4686d 6
8. UpdateTask.exe 25081ae445a0aeec07e2b8f8a71c741f 5
9. UpdateTask.exe 548699659b531b4470275ef8f8569d34 4
10. UpdateTask.exe 21d738542ec492676bfa43ef75b772ba 4
11. UpdateTask.exe b7d2dd429e37de78e11e0b350e813f35 3
12. UpdateTask.exe 42e651d00747978ec81791101f72cd4d 2
13. UpdateTask.exe 46d75bed5101cf91f3598f45d175734a 2
14. UpdateTask.exe 53cc0b9dfdc7a02416a9e900daa068a6 2
15. UpdateTask.exe 01dab83a4c0175ee6ef3c4bad99282c2 2
16. UpdateTask.exe 2d87d7fb0f7eff452d380b3020023d94 2
17. UpdateTask.exe e47e93306820656ecdf27caf73a602d7 1
18. UpdateTask.exe 89d85992cc1428b18451d44506c4a527 1
19. UpdateTask.exe efad053f983afe3cd4b34fa9e2b8f8a5 1
20. UpdateTask.exe ce18167e5031ecdc6475e0a6eb495034 1
21. UpdateTask.exe 94636bea3aea6e3abe886137be792991 1
22. UpdateTask.exe f194935b5ce301e98a58f5fbad912965 1
23. UpdateTask.exe 4c0166562b4e6cdbe5bb586ac5a2717e 1
24. UpdateTask.exe f83c4cc70df91b0256380f1cae0bc1a4 1
25. UpdateTask.exe 3e49b979d385e781b170ff7d9d0e0dfa 1
26. UpdateTask.exe 16184f8150828016abd535c8195a3f58 1
More files

Registry Details

Metacrawler.com may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
CLSID
{0DBE1FC4-77AE-48C0-80B9-04E1C489F5FF}
{0FA5C13C-4EDA-488A-A8EB-B84CD7395A79}
{149D8D55-323B-45D5-A7D0-4D7F70B04474}
{24C3F652-CBB9-45CD-ACCA-F3963250C564}
{43C39959-5EED-4F54-8C1B-931C2215FCB3}
{5750A19D-AA87-4DC9-8295-BFFEBA8A6B57}
{60DE0498-1B40-436B-9736-7ABDE88D037C}
{66D1D2B0-09B5-4909-9DA9-1A42E1A55EAE}
{6965AC32-B185-4F34-9D77-735E3D51030B}
{6DE6B87C-EBBF-41C9-BED3-B72093147E49}
{721A6090-B720-41C0-A87D-96EAF7F9435D}
{78BAF678-7617-496A-A8C4-3548AD764C8C}
{86BEBFB6-830F-4797-82B8-D8BD91832D74}
{A6504FE7-7D38-4900-B69A-8B0BB6B67690}
{C7B94B66-1835-45E7-9129-1BDCAE77640C}
{D418D83B-55B1-4F93-B662-31D29DB14B20}
{D49DD739-2249-47F3-B00C-4D1CF94BC2F0}
File name without path
MetaCrawler.job
SOFTWARE\Classes\esrv.metacrawlerESrvc
SOFTWARE\Classes\esrv.metacrawlerESrvc.1
Software\InfoSpace.com\metacrawler
Software\metacrawler
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\ElevationPolicy\{B73DC3B9-9E08-4781-BF75-12F6A54FBF89}
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\MetaCrawler
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\ElevationPolicy\{B73DC3B9-9E08-4781-BF75-12F6A54FBF89}

Directories

Metacrawler.com may create the following directory or directories:

%AppData%\MetaCrawler
%ProgramFiles%\metaCrawler
%ProgramFiles(x86)%\metaCrawler

URLs

Metacrawler.com may call the following URLs:

MetaCrawler
http://www.metacrawler.com/serp?

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