BrightBrowse

By GoldSparrow in Browser Hijackers

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 50 % (Medium)
Infected Computers: 20
First Seen: April 29, 2016
Last Seen: November 17, 2020
OS(es) Affected: Windows

BrightBrowse is a browser hijacker known for loading automatically as a default home page on affected computer’s web browser applications. The BrightBrowse and its associated site may load when you open up a new browser window where it offers a method for searching the Internet. Use of the BrightBrowse site may not be immediately harmful to a system. However, there may be several advertisements and sponsored links listed throughout the BrightBrowse page and its Internet search results. Use of those ads by clicking on them may cause redirects to load up other sites that have questionable content. The BrightBrowse hijacker and its associated plugins or add-on extension components are known to load automatically from the installation of random freeware programs or bundled software apps. Removal of those components is essential to stop the loading of the BrightBrowse site where it may display several unwanted advertisements.

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Registry Details

BrightBrowse may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\BrightBrowser_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\BrightBrowser_RASMANCS

Directories

BrightBrowse may create the following directory or directories:

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\BrightBrowse
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\oaiaaooldpbbmaclfbkinbgibfanihdd
%ProgramFiles%\BrightBrowse
%ProgramFiles(x86)%\BrightBrowse

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