Threat Database Adware See Similar

See Similar

By ESGI Advisor in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 10,704
Threat Level: 20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 21,684
First Seen: June 18, 2013
Last Seen: September 3, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

See Similar is an adware application, which shows a 'See Similar' button on product images on Amazon, Youtube, Walmart and other websites that are visited by web users. The 'See Similar' pop-up advertisements will be shown as boxes, which include various coupons that are available or as underlined keywords, which when clicked will divert the victimized computer user to a supported website. The 'See Similar' pop-up carries a browser add-on that is usually embedded when the PC user installs another free applications, such download-managers, video recording/streaming or PDF creators that had packaged into their installation See Similar. When the target Internet user installs these free programs, they will also install a See Similar adware on their PCs. Some of the software products that are known to come packaged with 'See Similar' adware incorporate Genius Box, WebCake, Superfish, SpecialSavings and many other damaging applications. See Similar may also deliver advertising banners on the websites that are visiting by attacked computer users, and as they surf the Internet, it will illustrate coupons and other deals available on a variety of websites.

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File System Details

See Similar may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. ScriptHost.dll d7b4f68829cd19d090beadfe0d2cca34 2,621
2. BackgroundHost64.exe.vir c8363b348763666839505971652c1445 800
3. BackgroundHost64.exe 9e6d069703e1d4ee8c6801f7081c85bd 757
4. BackgroundHost.exe.vir 2c18164dd30e48140397a23ce0c83e23 614
5. BackgroundHost.exe ef192a0f54ba75dc267182bb3370110b 482
6. BackgroundHost.exe 60a9234fc0195ca4d994b25ac3c2e8fa 471
7. ScriptHost.dll 0bb9b938a466600f9c603c76830e8471 382
8. BackgroundHost64.exe 964799f133f2cae67ed584f256a8ea5f 100
9. BackgroundHost.exe 7d5b9a5fa41ff8b77bc226bd429036e0 88
10. seesimilar02.exe 4b912f3a604d16f9199fe17379a923f1 5
11. SeeSimilarSetup.exe b5e68f69a623051842a5ba41a6392d89 4
12. seesimilarsetup-18-.exe 428332c2b2dde836414bdb3f95dd9f77 3
13. seesimilarsetup-19-.exe 44373e54fd7934027aa2fea1f633b4c7 3
14. uninst.exe 4091c515ddb7ddcb8bbc73cfa26f6303 3
15. seesimilarsetupvw.exe d54173fe8261863ed46f4dc5845248cc 0

Registry Details

See Similar may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
CLSID
{03203952-C366-4EE7-814A-28EF6E42D90E}
{1C227A4B-BECB-48FF-9534-378C740CCBAE}
{1EE513CD-9CBF-4322-B983-F965B137196E}
{382D2A61-4B06-40F0-A1BC-2A6DED575A2D}
{898C2989-C983-4DE2-AD5B-E659B1BAF587}
{93488930-185C-4CED-AFEB-0FD4930F8423}
{A8303047-5831-47B9-917C-7BD5C5296566}
{B8B1A3A6-BBE7-4147-87EB-0C10B00B7534}
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{93488930-185C-4CED-AFEB-0FD4930F8423}
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{93488930-185C-4CED-AFEB-0FD4930F8423}
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Settings\{93488930-185C-4CED-AFEB-0FD4930F8423}
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{93488930-185C-4CED-AFEB-0FD4930F8423}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{93488930-185C-4CED-AFEB-0FD4930F8423}

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