PUP.Oxy Torrent
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| Popularity Rank: | 2,439 |
| Threat Level: | 10 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 60,892 |
| First Seen: | November 3, 2013 |
| Last Seen: | January 9, 2026 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
PUP.Oxy Torrent is a low quality application developed by Escolade Solutions LTD, a company that has been associated with several other PUP infections. PUP.Oxy Torrent is used to generate revenue by exposing computer users to advertising revenue. There are several ways to in which PUP.Oxy Torrent may generate revenue at the expense of computer users, including the following:
- PUP.Oxy Torrent may generate marketing revenue from advertising by displaying pop-up advertisements on the affected Web browser. PUP.Oxy Torrent may also insert in-text advertisements, banners, and sliding advertisements into websites that would usually not contain these types of advertising materials.
- PUP.Oxy Torrent may also generates affiliate marketing revenue by tricking inexperienced computer users into clicking on sponsored links. For example, PUP.Oxy Torrent may add its search engine to the affected Web browser. Through this component, computer users may be exposed to search results that are a little more than affiliate marketing links.
- PUP.Oxy Torrent may generate revenue by redirecting computer users to certain websites repeatedly. These are techniques that boost these websites' page ranking and traffic numbers, which results in higher revenues from advertising.
- PUP.Oxy Torrent is associated with components that may keep track of victim's online activities and browsing habits. This data may be used for market research by marketing companies or by PUP.Oxy Torrent to deliver advertisements to affected Web browsers.
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How PUP.Oxy Torrent is Distributed
PUP.Oxy Torrent is associated with a low quality torrent client known as Oxy Torrent. PUP.Oxy Torrent may be installed by bundling PUP.Oxy Torrent with freeware or shareware programs downloaded from questionable, poorly-regulated sources. Although computer users may opt out of installing PUP.Oxy Torrent on their computer, most overlook this option during the installation process, mainly because it is hidden in order to make it harder to find. Security researchers advise computer users to remove PUP.Oxy Torrent at once. This PUP can be uninstalled using the Windows Control Panel. After removing PUP.Oxy Torrent, a reliable anti-malware program should be used to scan the affected computer. This is necessary to make sure that no unwanted components associated with PUP.Oxy Torrent have remained on the affected computer.
SpyHunter Detects & Remove PUP.Oxy Torrent
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. | start.cmd | 9b25148e734ce0e467574377fc757f3e | 6,309 |
| 2. | Updater.exe | 918ee816ccd3219f00006801af19a91a | 3,415 |
| 3. | Oxy Remote.exe | 7c1b456100f591621f1ae5b709f83eec | 233 |
| 4. | $RQ7WF27.exe | 7f6836a68de19748d50aadf8c9fba13d | 93 |
| 5. | Oxy Remote.exe.vir | 29026945800f2e96067ea452b2915e51 | 3 |
| 6. | oxyinst.exe | 18f4916affa2cdda6641da89263232a2 | 2 |
| 7. | oxy-downloader.exe | 7807b8c743efb3d22a1b32b05ec25031 | 1 |
| 8. | oxy.exe | 58f6fc70d6c6c5995942599af6c1ee4d | 1 |
| 9. | Loader.exe | 5785e8fb15895ce2d8d4d068db233173 | 1 |
Registry Details
Directories
PUP.Oxy Torrent may create the following directory or directories:
| %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Oxy |
| %AllUsersProfile%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Oxy |
| %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Oxy |
| %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Oxy |
| %appdata%\Oxy |
