Threat Database Adware PlayThru Player Ads

PlayThru Player Ads

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 13,207
Threat Level: 10 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 1,647
First Seen: August 7, 2015
Last Seen: July 29, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The PlayThru Player by Verti Technology Group, Inc. is designed to play video content on the Web on your desktop while still having access and use other applications on your computer. The PlayThru Player video stream will substitute your desktop background or display a video window depending on the user's preferences. The PlayThru software is deployed to users as an additional offer to free software packages and can be downloaded directly from Playthruplayer.com. You may want to know that the developers behind the PlayThru Player rely on advertisements to continue improving their program and support its services. The PlayThru Player may install a browser plug-in to show advertisements as you surf the Internet, and you might encounter banners, pop-up windows, coupons and ad-boxes by PlayThru Player. Moreover, the PlayThru Player may change your default search engine and homepage to Ask.com to earn affiliate revenue by rerouting your web traffic. The advertisers related to the PlayThru Player may use it to store web beacons and session cookies on your system to supply you with targeted commercials. Security experts classify the PlayThru Player as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) like TSUploader and W1P1 that may slow down your computer and limit your Internet bandwidth. Also, the way the PlayThru Player operates may cause problems for users to interact with other applications and be productive. You may wish to seek alternatives to the PlayThru Player use a reputable anti-spyware instrument to remove its binary from your PC.

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Registry Details

PlayThru Player Ads may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
File name without path
ui.playthruplayer[1].xml
SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\FDC54238E51A9E94EBD6CA239EF6EC87
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\playthruplayer.com
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\ui.playthruplayer.com
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION\PlaythruPlayer.exe
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\PlaythruPlayer.exe
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Playthru Player
Software\PlaythruPlayer

Directories

PlayThru Player Ads may create the following directory or directories:

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Playthru Player
%LOCALAPPDATA%\PlaythruPlayer
%PROGRAMFILES%\PlaythruPlayer
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\PlaythruPlayer
%windir%\Installer\{83245CDF-A15E-49E9-BE6D-AC32E96FCE78}

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