PUP.HomeTab
Threat Scorecard
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| Popularity Rank: | 4,953 |
| Threat Level: | 10 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 27,815 |
| First Seen: | May 14, 2014 |
| Last Seen: | October 21, 2025 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
PUP.HomeTab is a PUP (potentially unwanted program), which may show non-stop pop-up notifcations and advertisements while the PC user is surfing online. The pop-up ads and messages delivered by PUP.HomeTab may appear real and trustworthy. However, in actuality, they may be produced with the aim to probably generate advertising revenue from ad and message clicks. The pop-up ads and messages displayed by PUP.HomeTab may be delivered by the related Web browser plug-in, add-on or browser extension, which may be packaged and inserted together with free applications that PC users can download from questionable download websites on the Internet. When downloading free programs from the Internet, computer users may install an adware-supported browser plug-in, add-on or browser extension for Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and other major Web browsers as extra tools. The pop-up advertisements and messages delivered by PUP.HomeTab may include links taking PC users to suspicious websites.
Table of Contents
Aliases
1 security vendors flagged this file as malicious.
| Antivirus Vendor | Detection |
|---|---|
| GData | Win32.Application.SimplyTech.A |
SpyHunter Detects & Remove PUP.HomeTab
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. | ProtectedSearch.exe | c85e988f2007d6d7407c52ea24e28082 | 1,760 |
| 2. | stdmfpam.dll | c2e4cd17d514679655f0a06efaa4284b | 582 |
| 3. | HomeTab.dll | 10450a120d1b69aa90e0f274dffdd87d | 80 |
Registry Details
Directories
PUP.HomeTab may create the following directory or directories:
| %APPDATA%\HomeTab |
| %APPDATA%\SimplyTech\home |
| %PROGRAMFILES%\HomeTab |
| %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\HomeTab |
| %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\HomeTab |
URLs
PUP.HomeTab may call the following URLs:
| start.hometab.com |
