Threat Database Adware Price Turtle

Price Turtle

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 13,189
Threat Level: 20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 383
First Seen: April 1, 2015
Last Seen: August 10, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Price Turtle browser extension can be found accompanying freeware installers as a budget-friendly shopping assistant. Price Turtle has versions for Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Safari and Mozilla Firefox that users may be interested to install. However, the Price Turtle binary is deemed by security analysts as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) with adware capabilities. The adware functionality of Price Turtle consists of recording your Internet clicks, bookmarks and searches on Google, eBay, Bing and Amazon in order to help vendors push related advertisements in your web client. The Price Turtle browser extension may provide you discounts, promotions and coupons loaded in pop-ups, banners and ad boxes that can cover your browser surface. Security analysts add that the Price Turtle extension works as a gateway service that can direct users to visit low-quality search engines and online shops with an ill reputation. Keep in mind that when you visit unsafe online resource you could be exposed to exploits of your browser vulnerabilities. Computer users might want to remove the Price Turtle browser extension from their system by using a trustworthy anti-spyware instrument.

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Directories

Price Turtle may create the following directory or directories:

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\PriceTurtle
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\PriceTurtle
%PROGRAMFILES%\PriceTurtle
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\PriceTurtle

URLs

Price Turtle may call the following URLs:

priceturtle.com

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