PriceFountain
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| Ranking: | 7,812 |
| Threat Level: | 20 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 61,525 |
| First Seen: | September 11, 2014 |
| Last Seen: | January 26, 2025 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
PriceFountain is an adware program that may attempt to assist computer users with saving money on the internet through shopping sites. The PriceFountain ads may be intrusive and bothersome to many computer users where they are displayed as pop-ups or banners that load while surfing the internet. The PriceFountain ads may also reduce performance of some web browsers making it hard to view certain pages or sites that have a lot of media resources to load. The PriceFountain ads are mostly unwanted and may be stopped through removal of the PriceFountain program and any related plugins or add-on components.
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SpyHunter Detects & Remove PriceFountain
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. | PriceFountainIE.dll.vir | 7593be8c6ebf14ceead30f14004daf0c | 3,438 |
| 2. | treasonshayersupdater.exe.196737.gzquar | f51b38b72aad104861c2761b31fa6d57 | 117 |
| 3. | UpdateTask.exe | 10bacfd2851c0f591006f1938dc7f9fd | 97 |
| 4. | pricefountainupdateverupdate.exe | 701af2a68cd925ab2e5f4fe8d5e00dad | 64 |
| 5. | A15D2028-577E-4962-2370-BE1A747E3FBD_1d20f0cfe92c76e | 949f60bbf7c3435f3e3bb2219c44bc2b | 52 |
| 6. | PriceFountainUpdateVer.exe | 196e9ec186c99ef89b58c3d2f1793302 | 32 |
| 7. | pricefountainw.exe.vir | 7562a40072dffc3365b45f5ddbbd8fd4 | 23 |
| 8. | bkup.dat | c8be2d8f2af522c5e2f6865378a947b8 | 14 |
| 9. | pricefountain.exe | bf9223344cf805a417f13e6fb8011774 | 7 |
| 10. | prfo.dll | d2671ea6a02a33bd0fbf5e5f9ae248f8 | 5 |
| 11. | pricefountain.exe.vir | b4faedd0b50a04fc4c9c8e3299f83f53 | 3 |
| 12. | pricefountainw.exe | a5eb422fd7cd518492566fcc7271ecac | 1 |
| 13. | PriceFountainIE.dll | fc0d6bf2f31137e0ba953a5c79928af0 | 1 |
Registry Details
Directories
PriceFountain may create the following directory or directories:
| %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\PriceFountain |
| %APPDATA%\PriceFountain |
| %APPDATA%\PriceFountainUpdateVer |
| %LOCALAPPDATA%\BawdierNeuter |
| %LOCALAPPDATA%\DieresisPeach |
| %LOCALAPPDATA%\KrishnaRheums |
| %LOCALAPPDATA%\PriceFountain |
| %LOCALAPPDATA%\TorchierIncidental |
| %PROGRAMFILES%\PriceFountain |
| %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\PriceFountain |
| %Temp%\PriceFountain |
| %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\PriceFountain |
URLs
PriceFountain may call the following URLs:
| PriceFountain |
| pricefountain.com |
