Rocket-find.com

By GoldSparrow in Browser Hijackers

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 2,460
Threat Level: 50 % (Medium)
Infected Computers: 14,227
First Seen: May 8, 2014
Last Seen: September 20, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Rocket-find.com is a questionable website that is related to a browser hijacker known as Rocket, a potentially unwanted program, produced by a company called Fried Cookie. Rocket is a Web browser that depends on the Chromium open source project. The homepage Rocket-find.com which is used by Rocket may declare to make a PC user's online browsing activity better by giving quick access to favorite websites, getting call messages and adding other beneficial features. Rocket is categorized as a browser hijacker because, once installed, it may replace the Web browser's default start page and search provider or a new tab window with Rocket-find.com. The Rocket browser hijacker may be distributed and integrate itself into Web browsers involving Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox as an optional program packaged with free applications when downloading or installing selected free software from unprotected download websites. The Rocket browser hijacker may trace the PC user's Web browsing routine by recording the IP address, type of the Web browser, referral data, search requests and links upon which computer users select to click.

Aliases

3 security vendors flagged this file as malicious.

Anti-Virus Software Detection
Fortinet Riskware/DealPly
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
McAfee RDN/Generic.dx!d2e

SpyHunter Detects & Remove Rocket-find.com

File System Details

Rocket-find.com may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. UpdateTask.exe 1c9c7db2346a1fb5adec9eaff423c11a 1,408
2. UpdateTask.exe 89851e4251beed3456274516c39a31d9 47
3. UpdateTask.exe a9087bb508086ff47086583b70f644f4 17

Registry Details

Rocket-find.com may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
Regexp file mask
%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\Rocket Updater
%windir%\Tasks\Rocket Updater.job
SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\{A145BECD-4710-4702-9D7F-7C7686E487C9}
SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\AppID\{A145BECD-4710-4702-9D7F-7C7686E487C9}
Software\RocketUpdater
Software\wse rocket

Directories

Rocket-find.com may create the following directory or directories:

%AppData%\RocketUpdater
%PROGRAMFILES%\WSE Rocket
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\WSE Rocket

URLs

Rocket-find.com may call the following URLs:

http://rocket-find.com/

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