Monetomi

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 73
First Seen: January 7, 2014
Last Seen: February 3, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Monetomi is an adware infection that may create income at the cost of PC users while presenting itself as a useful tool for finding online coupons and discounts. Numerous computer users have reported that Monetomi will offer them coupons without previous warning, interrupting their activities on the affected Web browser. Monetomi will also appear suddenly on the affected Web browser in the form of an intrusive toolbar. Security analysts have also received reports that Monetomi may alter the default search engine, homepage and other settings of the compromised Web browser. One other problem linked to Monetomi is that Monetomi may cause a large number of irritating pop-up advertisements to appear on the affected Web browser. If you are fighting any of these problems, this indicates that a Potentially Unwanted Program has managed to infect your computer.

Why Monetomi was Created?

Monetomi displays numerous advertisements and 'special deals' on affected Web browsers. These irritating advertisements may affect your computer's performance, interrupting your activities and causing your computer to slow down drastically. Monetomi is a Web browser add-on that is marketed to computer users using Web browsers on the Windows platform, including Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozzila Firefox. Since the main purpose of Monetomi is to generate advertisement revenue and direct computer users to certain sponsored websites, security researchers classify Monetomi as an adware infection.

Do not Let Monetomi Take Advantage of Your Web Browsing

While generating advertisement revenue at your expense, Monetomi may cause a wide variety of issues on the affected Web browser. Monetomi may prevent computer users from using the affected Web browser normally due to the fact that Monetomi may interrupt their activities constantly with pop-up advertisements or redirect the affected Web browser to websites associated with Monetomi. Monetomi may cause system performance issues and problems connecting to the Internet. A Web browser affected with Monetomi may slow down drastically, freeze, crash and have problems loading Web pages normally. Since Monetomi runs in the background and takes up system resources, these problems may quickly affect your entire computer.

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Registry Details

Monetomi may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updatemonetomi_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updatemonetomi_RASMANCS
Software\monetomi
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updatemonetomi_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updatemonetomi_RASMANCS
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\utilmonetomi_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\utilmonetomi_RASMANCS
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\monetomi
SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\Update monetomi
SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\Util monetomi
SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\eventlog\Application\Update monetomi
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Update monetomi
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Util monetomi
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Update monetomi
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Util monetomi

Directories

Monetomi may create the following directory or directories:

%PROGRAMFILES%\monetomi
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\monetomi

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