PUP.Wilsys

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 1,707
Threat Level: 10 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 91,283
First Seen: February 13, 2014
Last Seen: September 20, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

PUP.Wilsys is a potentially unwanted application (PUP), which may be downloaded from suspicious websites on when a PC user downloads free applications. PUP.Wilsys may lead to numerous PC problems when it is downloaded and installed on the computer system. The PC user may agree to download PUP.Wilsys when he is downloading other free programs, or he may download PUP.Wilsys mistakenly by being not enough attentive to the installation process. When the PC user downloads any freeware from the Internet and does not follow the download agreement, he may not know what other potentially unwanted tools may come packed together with the free app he is downloading. When downloaded and installed, PUP.Wilsys may launch numerous background processes that may decrease the PC's performance. PUP.Wilsys may show annoying pop-up advertisements and messages on the desktop of the PC. PUP.Wilsys may hijack the Web browser and lead to unwanted redirects to suspicious websites that may be commercial and designed to generate advertising revenue from raise website traffic and ad clicks.

SpyHunter Detects & Remove PUP.Wilsys

Registry Details

PUP.Wilsys may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
Regexp file mask
%windir%\system32\tasks\searchnewtab[NUMBERS]
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SearchNewTab
Software\SearchNewTab

Directories

PUP.Wilsys may create the following directory or directories:

%appdata%\SearchNewTab

URLs

PUP.Wilsys may call the following URLs:

= 'sympleplace.info'
ourDomain = 'prettysite.xyz'
toupdate15.com/search/?
var idParamName = "jj83__11".replace('_', '7');

Trending

Most Viewed

Loading...