Threat Database Adware CommonShare

CommonShare

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 11,381
Threat Level: 20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 1,891
First Seen: February 21, 2014
Last Seen: September 12, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

CommonShare is an adware threat that may display random pop-up alerts and banners with sponsored links. The CommonShare adware is known for being displayed on various popular web browsers, such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Firefox. The CommonShare ads could redirect you to unwanted sites or ones that attempt to offer online shopping deals or other items through the internet. The CommonShare ads may not be legitimate in some cases and the action to remove them should be taken through using an antispyware application. In use of an antispyware program you will be sure to have CommonShare detected and removed to stop any pop-up messages from being displayed from it.

Aliases

14 security vendors flagged this file as malicious.

Anti-Virus Software Detection
AVG Generic.EB6
Fortinet Riskware/BrowseFox
AhnLab-V3 Adware/Win32.SwiftBrowse
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Kranet
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!PUP
DrWeb Trojan.BPlug.281
Comodo ApplicUnwnt
Sophos Generic PUA BJ
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Yotoon.bfm
ClamAV Win.Adware.Agent-22685
Avast Win32:Adware-BYZ [PUP]
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
F-Prot W32/A-1c37adca!Eldorado
McAfee Artemis!5211997E3F3B

SpyHunter Detects & Remove CommonShare

File System Details

CommonShare may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. file.exe f3998d54702bfa4b3cdd38082f03a5ae 0

Registry Details

CommonShare may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
CLSID
{80C3A7E3-BBF6-43E7-AA65-62FC66978E84}
{b0022d3c-ca81-4a57-ba00-31650a761234}
{DCF89027-5BE4-49D0-8D9D-4EBCAC3B5E00}
Regexp file mask
%PROGRAMFILES%\CommonShare\CommonShare.ico
%PROGRAMFILES%\CommonShare\CommonSharebho.dll
%PROGRAMFILES%\CommonShare\CommonShareUninstall.exe
%PROGRAMFILES%\CommonShare\updateCommonShare.exe
%PROGRAMFILES%\CommonShare\updateCommonShare.InstallState
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\CommonShare\CommonShare.ico
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\CommonShare\CommonSharebho.dll
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\CommonShare\CommonShareUninstall.exe
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\CommonShare\updateCommonShare.exe
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\CommonShare\updateCommonShare.InstallState
Software\CommonShare
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updateCommonShare_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updateCommonShare_RASMANCS
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{b0022d3c-ca81-4a57-ba00-31650a761234}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\CommonShare
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updateCommonShare_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updateCommonShare_RASMANCS
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{b0022d3c-ca81-4a57-ba00-31650a761234}

Directories

CommonShare may create the following directory or directories:

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\ee70f246-63a3-464e-a2ed-28bc4d8db631
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\ee70f246-63a3-464e-a2ed-28bc4d8db631

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