PureLeads

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 13,107
Threat Level: 20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 1,188
First Seen: February 18, 2014
Last Seen: August 15, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

PureLeads is adware that may show disturbing pop-up advertisements and banners pertaining to the PC user's browsing habits on the computer system. When installed on the PC, PureLeads may insert an unwanted browser add-on, plug-in or extension on the Web browser. If the pop-up advertisements and banners of PureLeads appear on the computer once the PC user opens a new tab on the Web browser, it means that the computer system may be infected with adware, specifically, PureLeads or a PUP (potentially unwanted program). PureLeads may display disturbing pop-up ads and banners or ads and banners related to the PC user's Internet surfing habits in a form of underlined words and text boxes no matter which Web browser is used.

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Registry Details

PureLeads may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\plsapp.EXE
SOFTWARE\Dyn\Installed\PureLeads
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\PureLeads_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\PureLeads_RASMANCS
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\PureLeads Tray
Software\PureLeads
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Classes\AppID\plsapp.EXE
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Dyn\Installed\PureLeads
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\PureLeads_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\PureLeads_RASMANCS
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\PureLeads Tray
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\PureLeads
SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\plsapp
SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\PlsvcV1
SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\PlsvcV2
SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\plsapp
SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\PlsvcV1
SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\PlsvcV2
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\plsapp
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\PlsvcV1
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\PlsvcV2

Directories

PureLeads may create the following directory or directories:

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\PureLeads
%PROGRAMFILES%\PureLeads
%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\PureLeads

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