SideCubes

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 2,617
Threat Level: 50 % (Medium)
Infected Computers: 13,066
First Seen: May 21, 2014
Last Seen: September 20, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Sidecubes is a potentially unwanted program (PUP) categorized as adware that was produced by Veristaff. Com Ltd. SideCubes may embed itself into Web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. The browser add-on of SideCubes may declare to make a computer user's Internet surfing quality better by simplifying the way computer users use the Internet. Sidecubes may permit easy content sharing, searching and translation. Sidecubes may propagate and install itself onto a Web browser as an extra application packaged with free tools. Upon installation on the PC, SideCubes may substitute the default start page, search service or a new tab page with Search.sidecubes.com. Search.sidecubes.com is a suspicious search engine because it may give untrustworthy search results. SideCubes may trace the PC user's Internet surfing habits by recording the browser type, IP address, Internet Service Provider (ISP), clickstream data, date/time stamp, OS, and search requests.

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File System Details

SideCubes may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. Startup.exe 1ac767222de92c2b08360e37bf1af989 2,417
2. Startup.exe e01870e079a370fdc57e86d92653a76d 243

Registry Details

SideCubes may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
File name without path
http_search.sidecubes.com_0.localstorage
http_search.sidecubes.com_0.localstorage-journal
search.sidecubes[1].xml
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\search.sidecubes.com
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\sidecubes.com
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage\search.sidecubes.com
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage\sidecubes.com

Directories

SideCubes may create the following directory or directories:

%COMMONPROGRAMFILES%\Toughfind
%COMMONPROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Toughfind
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\gcpmimpoidfjalegenghglnhpmfemejf
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\ihpdalhmahfcphdeanedbfhfknmmjpkj
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\mgofpplfojhpinkhamejhgnlhkmnhmkb

URLs

SideCubes may call the following URLs:

http://search.sidecubes.com/

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