Threat Database Adware Pic Zoomer

Pic Zoomer

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 10 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 7
First Seen: September 24, 2015
Last Seen: January 10, 2019
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Pic Zoomer plug-in is advertised on Piczoomer.net as an all-in-one tool for grabbing images, picking colors and zooming in your screen. The Pic Zoomer browser plug-in may be available for installation from the 'Advanced' and 'Custom' option of many freeware installers and can be downloaded from its official web page. You may want to know that Pic Zoomer is perceived as an adware because it may record Internet usage statistics on your PC to show personalized advertisements. The Pic Zoomer plug-in functions similarly to Hover Zoom and Web Zoom and may read your Internet browsing history and download logs to determine a pattern in your Web routine. The Pic Zoomer adware may use pop-up and pop-under windows to promote software like NetworkUpdate and Fast Media Converter that may slow down your PC. Security investigators note that the Pic Zoomer adware may show banners, floating ads and in-text hyperlinks to untrusted domains where your cyber security may be at risk. You should keep in mind that the primary objective of the Pic Zoomer adware is to earn pay-per-click revenue for its creators, and you could be supplied with corrupted ads as long its creators are paid. Users that are infected with the Pic Zoomer adware may be presented with surveys in their browsers every time they turn on their PCs. The Pic Zoomer adware may have placed its files in the AppData folder and hide them by implementing a registry key in Windows. Security investigators recommend users

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Directories

Pic Zoomer may create the following directory or directories:

%PROGRAMFILES%\PicZoomer
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\PicZoomer

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