PUP.Idle Crawler

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 10 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 33,604
First Seen: June 17, 2014
Last Seen: October 24, 2025
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Idle Crawler from GigaClicks LP (also seen as OverLook) could be promoted to you in freeware packages as a shopping companion that recognizes your preferences and displays relevant offers. The Idle Crawler collects data like your browsing history, search terms on Google, clicks on Amazon and eBay to create a unique profile for you that can be used by advertisers to deliver you tailor-suited promotions. However, the Idle Crawler program is not digitally signed and may connect to the Internet via insecure channels and download and install third-party software like Protector, Gerbillio and BooZaka without your approval. Another aspect of the operations performed by the OverLook app is that is presents users with too many ads, banners, inline commercials and pop-up windows. Therefore, the OverLook app is considered as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) with adware capabilities. You should note that the Idle Crawler program, a.k.a. OverLook, may connect your computer as a node in a cloud computing network to earn revenue by using your resources for research. Users who installed the Idle Crawler program may experience numerous ads and decreased system performance, and they may want to use a credible anti-malware solution to remove all files associated with OverLook.

Aliases

9 security vendors flagged this file as malicious.

Antivirus Vendor Detection
McAfee Artemis!51C5F3269538
Ikarus Trojan-Clicker.Win32.Clikug
McAfee Artemis!F639A06BDD5E
Microsoft TrojanClicker:Win32/Clikug.E
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis
K7AntiVirus Riskware ( 0049f6ae1 )
AVG Generic.58C
AVG Generic.192
Symantec WS.Reputation.1

SpyHunter Detects & Remove PUP.Idle Crawler

File System Details

PUP.Idle Crawler may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. Idle~_~Crawler.exe ecdefa2af71bd007dfc575820847fde9 1,807
2. I~..C~..Runner.exe 4989b04dc2b5580cfc2c7290e516b71c 1,413
3. DC933EFC-E8A4-AE6D-53F9-E94D5B806784 d76ecd8cebb91b93b727a8174a3ab43d 1,033
4. I#C#Runner.exe 7b0afd8e4680da985c073cb867289d49 394
5. .I. .C. Runner.exe f3a2b3dce204c78b8bc17a90d37a9675 311
6. Idle # Crawler.exe 7783ce1941ca6721e9fe4adbf612faf7 269
7. IcRunner.exe e3d2a71057886e23047c609f834f59d3 241
8. Idle~.~Crawler.exe e76e789223e3f8d5e19b5314d0f109d9 149
9. Idle~Crawler.exe fc29f06973f78ced7960eedb2603c2d7 84
10. Idle-Crawler.exe e30107c3ad9640ae7a31a60d38acaf5c 45
11. I. C. Runner.exe 2b1220239649e53c9472714b2adc1dae 10
12. Idle-Profile.exe 69fbf6f744268c1bff95c325955e1142 5
13. IdleCrawler.exe f8d5d14df7478a18d668a38a0963013a 2
14. I._C._Runner.exe a00c339bffa7a7017b9e1d3d790e0b8f 2
15. Runner.exe d54aa441e3823b88d90855784b318d55 1
More files

Registry Details

PUP.Idle Crawler may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
Regexp file mask
%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\I.C. Runner Procedure
%windir%\System32\Tasks\Idle-Crawler Runner
%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\Maintenance\IC Update Procedure
%windir%\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\Maintenance\Idle-Crawler Update
Software\I. d. l. e . C. r. a. w. l. e. r
Software\I._d._l._e_._C._r._a._w._l._e._r
Software\Idle-Crawler
Software\IdleCrawler
Software\Idle~Crawler
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\I.C. Runner Procedure
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\IC Runner Procedure
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\Idle-Crawler Runner
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\Idle~Crawler Runner
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\Microsoft\Windows\Maintenance\I.C. Update Procedure
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\Microsoft\Windows\Maintenance\IC Update Procedure
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\Microsoft\Windows\Maintenance\Idle-Crawler Update
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\Microsoft\Windows\Maintenance\Idle~Crawler Update
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\I. d. l. e . C. r. a. w. l. e. r
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Idle-Crawler
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\IdleCrawler
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Idle~Crawler

Directories

PUP.Idle Crawler may create the following directory or directories:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\I. d. l. e . C. r. a. w. l. e. r
%LOCALAPPDATA%\I._d._l._e_._C._r._a._w._l._e._r
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Idle-Crawler
%LOCALAPPDATA%\IdleCrawler
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Idle~Crawler

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