Threat Database Adware PhishAlert Ads

PhishAlert Ads

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 93
First Seen: October 30, 2015
Last Seen: May 2, 2022
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The ads powered by PhishAlert that may appear in your browser may be the result of an adware infection on your machine. The PhishAlert adware may have landed on your machine as an optional component in a freeware setup file. The PhishAlert adware may be offered as an alternative to OpenDNS. PhishAlert promises to protect users from phishing, but it might share information about them with third-party advertisers and marketers. The PhishAlert adware may use session cookies and DOM storage data to create a unique advertising identifier for you and show customized advertisements in your Web browser. The PhishAlert adware may use JavaScript to inject commercials on the pages you load and display banners, ad-boxes and in-text hyperlinks. Security experts reveal that the PhishAlert adware may load video commercials on YouTube, Vimeo, and Dailymotion and block the native ads on Amazon, eBay, Best Buy and Walmart. You should know that the official website of the PhishAlert adware may be linked to several phishing domains and untrusted websites. The discounts, vouchers and coupons displayed by the PhishAlert adware may be from insecure online stores where your credit card details might not be safe. The PhishAlert adware functions similarly to Compare and Top Deals and ActiveDeals and may affect Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. You need to use a reputable anti-malware instrument to clean your computer from the PhishAlert adware.

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Registry Details

PhishAlert Ads may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
Regexp file mask
%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\ISoftUpdateTask
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Phishalert
SOFTWARE\Phishalert
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Phishalert
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Phishalert
SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Phishalert
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Phishalert

Directories

PhishAlert Ads may create the following directory or directories:

%PROGRAMFILES%\Common Files\ISoftUpdate
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Common Files\ISoftUpdate
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Phishalert

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