Threat Database Adware ShoppingGid

ShoppingGid

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 13,192
Threat Level: 20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 1,095
First Seen: April 22, 2015
Last Seen: August 22, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

If you start receiving numerous advertisements 'Powered by ShoppingGid', you should be aware that your computer is housing an adware program. ShoppingGid was developed by Siberian Information Technologies LLC and TRIORIS LLC, both based in Russia. Although the main targets of ShoppingGid are Russian-speak countries, ShoppingGid also may affect computers anywhere since ShoppingGid is compatible with popular Web browsers available such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. You may acquire ShoppingGid while downloading free programs from the Web. It is advised do not click on the advertisements displayed by ShoppingGid since they may be related to corrupted websites which may add more problems to the affected computer.

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File System Details

ShoppingGid may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. Smally.exe 465751e21d3df3037cd99b8472077041 12
2. Smally.exe c7ed56726faeb2f9438f0f789079db6a 6

Registry Details

ShoppingGid may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
Regexp file mask
%windir%\storegidfilter.sys
%windir%\System32\drivers\piratiumfilter.sys
%windir%\System32\drivers\smallyfilter.sys
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{5294EF23-A209-402C-93EB-D696E7AF71B9}
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ShoppingGid IE Updater
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\storegid
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\storegidUpdater
Software\storegid
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\storegid

Directories

ShoppingGid may create the following directory or directories:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\ShoppingGid
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Smally
%LOCALAPPDATA%\storegid
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Smally
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\storegid
%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Smally
%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\storegid

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