Threat Database Adware FusionPlayer Ads

FusionPlayer Ads

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 13,202
Threat Level: 10 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 269
First Seen: July 16, 2015
Last Seen: June 22, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The FusionPlayer from SambaMedia SL may be promoted as a powerful and innovative player for your media needs. The FusionPlayer is delivered to users embedded with freeware packages and can be downloaded from its official website. However, the FusionPlayer is recognized adware and may expose you to corrupted ads and redirect you to harmful websites. The FusionPlayer adware will not live up to your expectations and may use a browser add-on to modify your Internet client. Adware developers created the FusionPlayer app to earn pay-per-click revenue by delivering you promotions and commercials. The FusionPlayer adware might present you with many pop-ups with marketing content, video ads, banners, and contextual commercials. The FusionPlayer adware may obstruct your comfortable Internet browsing activities and use tracking cookies to perform behavioral marketing. Additionally, the FusionPlayer adware might promote riskware such as Power App and PsdCheckEr that may decrease your computer performance. The FusionPlayer adware is deployed by the same team behind the ViPlayer adware, and you may not see its entry in the 'Programs and Features' list. The FusionPlayer adware may place its executable in the ProgramData folder that is used by other apps to store configuration settings. You may want to use a credible anti-spyware instrument to remove the FusionPlayer adware safely.

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File System Details

FusionPlayer Ads may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. FusionPlayerUpdater.exe 2f9e0d8786138c81a4643cc11e2dd48e 13
2. FusionPlayerUpdaterService.exe 442f68fdd16de0d709dafb28e07c5ad8 1

Registry Details

FusionPlayer Ads may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
File name without path
FusionPlayer.lnk
www.fusionplayer[1].xml
Regexp file mask
%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\FusionPlayer browser banner
%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\FusionPlayer Updater
SOFTWARE\Classes\.3gp\FusionPlayer.backup
SOFTWARE\Classes\.aac\FusionPlayer.backup
SOFTWARE\Classes\.AIF\FusionPlayer.backup
SOFTWARE\Classes\.avi\FusionPlayer.backup
SOFTWARE\Classes\.mkv\FusionPlayer.backup
SOFTWARE\Classes\.mov\FusionPlayer.backup
SOFTWARE\Classes\.mp3\FusionPlayer.backup
SOFTWARE\Classes\.mp4\FusionPlayer.backup
SOFTWARE\Classes\.mpeg\FusionPlayer.backup
SOFTWARE\Classes\.mpg\FusionPlayer.backup
SOFTWARE\Classes\.wav\FusionPlayer.backup
SOFTWARE\Classes\.wma\FusionPlayer.backup
SOFTWARE\Classes\.wmv\FusionPlayer.backup
SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\FusionPlayer.exe
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\fusionplayer.com
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\BrowserBanner_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\BrowserBanner_RASMANCS
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\FusionPlayerUpdater_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\FusionPlayerUpdater_RASMANCS
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\FusionPlayer browser banner
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\FusionPlayer Updater
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.3gp\OpenWithProgids\FusionPlayer.3gp
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.AAC\OpenWithProgids\FusionPlayer.aac
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.aif\OpenWithProgids\FusionPlayer.aif
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.avi\OpenWithProgids\FusionPlayer.avi
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.mkv\OpenWithProgids\FusionPlayer.mkv
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.mov\OpenWithProgids\FusionPlayer.mov
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.mp3\OpenWithProgids\FusionPlayer.mp3
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.mp4\OpenWithProgids\FusionPlayer.mp4
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.mpeg\OpenWithProgids\FusionPlayer.mpeg
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.mpg\OpenWithProgids\FusionPlayer.mpg
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.wav\OpenWithProgids\FusionPlayer.wav
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.wma\OpenWithProgids\FusionPlayer.wma
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.wmv\OpenWithProgids\FusionPlayer.wmv
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\FusionPlayer
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\FusionPlayer_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\FusionPlayer_RASMANCS

Directories

FusionPlayer Ads may create the following directory or directories:

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\FusionPlayer
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\FusionPlayer
%LOCALAPPDATA%\fusionplayer
%PROGRAMFILES%\FusionPlayer
%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\FusionPlayer

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