Threat Database Adware Deal Fairy

Deal Fairy

By Domesticus in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 10,705
Threat Level: 20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 2,134
First Seen: June 18, 2013
Last Seen: September 19, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Deal Fairy is an adware application that displays pop-up advertisements, sponsored links and coupons via a pop-up box on Amazon, Walmart, Ebay and other shopping websites that Internet users are visiting. Deal Fairy pop-up advertisements will be illustrated as boxes, which carry a variety of coupons that are available or as underlined keywords, which when clicked will illustrate a pop-up advertisement that declares it is sent to the PC user by DealFairy. Deal Fairy is an add-on for Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome that is usually inserted when PC users install another free software products, such as download-managers, video recording/streaming or PDF creators, that had packed into their installation Deal Fairy. When computer users install these free applications, they will also install Deal Fairy. While being installed, whenever the PC user will visit Expedia, Best Buy, Facebook or any other similar websites, Deal Fairy will show a 'See Similar' button on product images, which when clicked will show pop-up ads by Deal Fairy. Deal Fairy may also display advertising banners on the websites that web users are visiting, and as they surf the Internet, Deal Fairy will deliver coupons and other deals available on a variety of websites.

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File System Details

Deal Fairy may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. df21.exe fb2e910f09510c13f18484e18effe549 2

Registry Details

Deal Fairy may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{2CA83CAD-84D1-4A4D-B6E4-645515A32A7A}
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{963B125B-8B21-49A2-A3A8-E37092276531}

Directories

Deal Fairy may create the following directory or directories:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\gdbneecmoiogmieamidpejdifipmkfgb
%PROGRAMFILES%\dealfairytb
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\dealfairytb
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\dealfairytb

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