Threat Database Adware Olive Browser

Olive Browser

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 3,109
Threat Level: 10 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 9,500
First Seen: September 25, 2015
Last Seen: September 19, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Olive Browser by Lunacom Interactive Ltd is promoted on Olivebrowser.com as a simple and intuitive Internet client with a built-in zoom feature, minimalistic design and a reinvented bookmarking system. Computer users may be interested in installing the Olive Browser considering its selling points or may install it via freeware packages. The re-invented bookmarking system that may have incited you to install Olive Browser is not so different and advanced compared to Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, and you may be dissatisfied. However, the Olive Browser is perceived as adware that may arrive on your PC accompanied by other adware such as VAFCompressor and Ifishplayer. Security researchers classify the Olive Browser as adware because it might record information like your IP address, bookmarks, visited sites, software and hardware configuration and send it to advertisers for analysis and marketing development. Moreover, the Olive Browser adware may block native ads on Amazon, Walmart, eBay, and Best Buy to show only commercials from sponsors. The Olive Browser adware may appear as a full Internet browser suite and edit your Windows Registry values to become your default Internet client. Also, users that are infected with the Olive Browser adware might be directed to use Search.OliveBrowser.com for their search operations and experience pop-up windows. The Olive Browser adware may attract your attention with coupons and discounts to products you searched for on Amazon. However, its commercials may lead you to visit unsafe Internet locations and install riskware such as Speedy Media Converter and VideoDownloader. You can use a reliable anti-malware instrument to eradicate the Olive Browser adware from your machine safely.

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Registry Details

Olive Browser may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
File name without path
Olive.lnk
SOFTWARE\Classes\Olive
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Olive_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Olive_RASMANCS
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.htm\OpenWithProgids\Olive
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.html\OpenWithProgids\Olive
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\olive_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Olive

Directories

Olive Browser may create the following directory or directories:

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Olive
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Olive
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Tuguu
%PROGRAMFILES%\Olive
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Olive

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