Appstein

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 8,877
Threat Level: 50 % (Medium)
Infected Computers: 2,658
First Seen: September 22, 2014
Last Seen: September 20, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Appstein is an adware program that may be known for its actions of loading up other components on the affected computer, in addition to its advertisements as pop-ups and banners. The Appstein program may be loaded through installation of random freeware programs or bundled software. When that takes place, Appstein is apt to loading up several ads or causing unwanted actions on web browser applications that lead to redirects or running of browser helper objects. The Appstein program may have several components associated with it that load up on a computer that also runs extensions that modify the default web browser settings loading up alternative pages as the home page. Removal of Appstein is essential to stop these actions, which can be done through utilizing an updated and trusted antimalware application.

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File System Details

Appstein may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. Appstein.BrowserAdapter64.exe 7eecb6bdbd32eb3bfdf58159346b2c80 5
2. Appstein.BrowserAdapter64.exe 50f9f15eaabc52eb6d6696e892cbf8bc 4
3. updateAppstein.exe 802b64e908ed12946b6730fc144f0daf 2
4. Appstein.BrowserAdapter64.exe e2b383dc32d62cbfa3421bb167e7ea29 2
5. Appstein.BrowserAdapter.exe 3cf02294750c1e8256e905c030c0c7f4 2
6. updateAppstein.exe e58ab026ca0909b3c998758a70a8c563 2
7. Appstein.BrowserAdapter64.exe 56902118bcf75bcac05d40bd51a2b5be 2
8. Appstein.BrowserAdapter.exe 2266b71807a889ed9fd89f034796d1a6 2
9. utilAppstein.exe 36d33f84e999c08bc740c0b7784a26da 2
10. Appstein.BrowserAdapter64.exe 12cd4f5d548064c83071bdf0cdfd2299 1
11. utilAppstein.exe 92dd9d6314df669a77e8d56fe0b809ab 1
12. Appstein.BrowserAdapter64.exe 65ac00baab87a3c10194ad7c577cdbad 1
13. updateAppstein.exe 45b0dd8d27a72da9e34575c4fd83c4bc 1
14. Appstein.BrowserAdapter64.exe 20378fa55b324ae6c0f2257f567902c8 1
15. updateAppstein.exe 6a1249e18d3cbfe21e5c94916a45059b 1
16. updateAppstein.exe 7d48b5893e8b575f8cbd1b2dfaf8ab8c 1
17. utilAppstein.exe e5158c202f46e623297d948e58920792 1
18. Appstein.BrowserAdapter64.exe 20b341a28764ad275cbcfca0ee0f30fa 1
19. Appstein.BrowserAdapter64.exe 198dcd45093b496b5e8bd089ea1556fe 1
20. Appstein.BrowserAdapter.exe 231e72afa0ed1bbe6ea54d68c826534b 1
21. utilAppstein.exe b7cc84aef53a296302e37a8152ebe5b9 1
22. Appstein.BrowserAdapter.exe e7cc5aeea1882b196d94fab9a4863ea0 1
23. Appstein.BrowserAdapter64.exe e7dda942cd5e913d372d816424beb57e 1
24. Appstein.BrowserAdapter.exe 83a0cabbbf803c83fa120706fbec5caa 1
25. updateAppstein.exe f698e5264730f96da7d0c9c89b27807f 1
26. Appstein.BrowserAdapter64.exe d96547741fc24e75a0de480e925bbd8b 1
27. Appstein.BrowserAdapter.exe 9d06e3dc490cc895c47d40ece39f3a19 1
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Registry Details

Appstein may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
SOFTWARE\Appstein
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Appstein
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updateAppstein_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updateAppstein_RASMANCS
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\utilAppstein_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\utilAppstein_RASMANCS
SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\Update Appstein
SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\Util Appstein
SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\eventlog\Application\Update Appstein
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Update Appstein
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Util Appstein

Directories

Appstein may create the following directory or directories:

%PROGRAMFILES%\Appstein
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Appstein

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