Protectium
Threat Scorecard
EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecard
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| Threat Level: | 10 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 111 |
| First Seen: | January 20, 2015 |
| Last Seen: | November 17, 2022 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The Protectium software is a Chromium-based web browser developed by Pinwid Ltd. that delivers advertisements and modifications to your search results by SimilarSites.com. One of Protectium's appealing features may seem to be the built-in ad-blocker that may attract users to install it. The Protectium browser is available as a stand-alone installer but in most cases, users install it as a part of a freeware bundle. The Protectium web browser can be classified as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) with adware features because it uses your browsing history to promote products, services, online shops, and resources. Computer users that chose to install and use the Protectium web browser shall not have any privacy regarding their visited pages and would have to tolerate many ads. Users may want to remove the Protectium web browser in order to keep their browsing history to private and avoid advertisements.
Table of Contents
Aliases
3 security vendors flagged this file as malicious.
| Anti-Virus Software | Detection |
|---|---|
| AVG | Pindi.8CC |
| McAfee | Artemis!660E8B0A3CCD |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis |
SpyHunter Detects & Remove Protectium
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. | Protectium.exe.lnk | e7ba3bb27904ebd43fd4f9919af67bc9 | 4 |
| 2. | Protectium.exe.lnk | 3a4d3409edb0757f511f084b58100d16 | 4 |
| 3. |
C:\Users\ |
af60d9099288b19cd1f668eac484eab0 | |
| 4. | Extensions.crx | ||
| 5. |
C:\Users\ |
Registry Details
Directories
Protectium may create the following directory or directories:
| %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Protectium |
| %LOCALAPPDATA%\protectium |
URLs
Protectium may call the following URLs:
| www.protectium.com |
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