HealthCareGovTool
Threat Scorecard
EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecard
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| Ranking: | 9,248 |
| Threat Level: | 20 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 6,027 |
| First Seen: | February 26, 2015 |
| Last Seen: | January 20, 2025 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The HealthCareGovTool browser tool is promoted to allow you to browse more efficiently the reputable HealthCare.gov website, but you might want to know that it's classified by security analysts as adware. The HealthCareGovTool adware may not fulfill your expectations, and it may use its browser integration to display banners, ad boxes and in-text hyperlinks to sponsored products. The HealthCareGovTool adware may use a Browser Helper Object, a browser extension, and an add-on to perform its operations. You may automatically install the HealthCareGovTool adware on your system when you handle freeware bundles via the 'Express' or 'Typical' option. The HealthCareGovTool adware may not feature safe online resources and web surfers may be directed to visit suspicious online stores and low-quality search engines. Also, the HealthCareGovTool adware may decrease the performance of your web browser and read your browsing history to determine what type of ads may interest you. Computer users might wish to consider using a trusted anti-spyware solution to remove all components of the HealthCareGovTool adware from their OS.
Table of Contents
Aliases
6 security vendors flagged this file as malicious.
| Anti-Virus Software | Detection |
|---|---|
| Symantec | WS.Reputation.1 |
| DrWeb | Adware.Superfish.227 |
| AVG | Generic.C68 |
| DrWeb | Adware.Superfish.217 |
| Avast | Win32:Adware-gen [Adw] |
| DrWeb | Adware.Superfish.96 |
SpyHunter Detects & Remove HealthCareGovTool
File System Details
| # | File Name | MD5 |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | WWatcherLSP.dll | fe7b3418e539cfa3de469f1d9d08e60c | 19 |
| 2. | 8B43B8EB051F8E6ED8E8CC08ECE3A54A97848936.dll | 9cdf7be2a7b67960935561dbcc5ec47f | 5 |
| 3. | WebWatcherProxy.exe | 853fb8ba9854674f28592fb3776e2c4b | 1 |
| 4. | WeWatcherLSP.dll | cf048fcce7d0afe2f3d032f6ce23a8fa | 1 |
| 5. | WeWatcherProxy.exe | 45acb025340734b9bef1f8d31f6d2a38 | 1 |
Registry Details
Directories
HealthCareGovTool may create the following directory or directories:
| %PROGRAMFILES%\HealthcareGovTool |
| %PROGRAMFILES%\ServiceUpdater |
| %PROGRAMFILES%\SysPrograms |
| %PROGRAMFILES%\WebWatcher |
| %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\HealthcareGovTool |
| %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ServiceUpdater |
| %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SysPrograms |
| %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\WebWatcher |
| %WinDir%\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\WWatcherProxy |
