The Joke Vault Toolbar

By GoldSparrow in Potentially Unwanted Programs

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 10 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 5
First Seen: December 7, 2015
Last Seen: July 1, 2019
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Joke Vault Toolbar is the other name of TheJokeVault™ Chrome New Tab software that users may see accompanying badware like Winservice86 and WS-Supporter. The TheJokeVault software is developed by Castle Rock Capital, Inc and might change your default search engine to Thejokevault.com to provide you with easy access to the best jokes, pranks and stand-up comedy from around the Web. However, you might want to reconsider installing The Joke Vault Toolbar because it is perceived as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) wit adware capabilities. TheJokeVault™ Chrome New Tab is supported by advertisers. Needless to say, you may be presented with promotions and advertisements by the sponsors of The Joke Vault Toolbar.

The commercials from TheJokeVault™ may be delivered on banners, ad-boxes and pop-up windows. The Joke Vault Toolbar may access the browsing history of users and load tailor-suited ads when they visit Amazon, Best Buy, and several other e-commerce platforms. TheJokeVault™ application may change the layout of your new tab page and show funny videos with cats and dogs, but might decrease your browser speed significantly. The activities of the TheJokeVault™ Chrome New Tab may not seem funny and benign to users that favor speedy performance and a limited number of ads on their most visited websites. Moreover, TheJokeVault™ Chrome New Tab might use tracking cookies and show notifications in the bottom right corner of your browser windows about recommended offers. You can remove all files associated with The Joke Vault Toolbar by using a trusted anti-malware suite.

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Directories

The Joke Vault Toolbar may create the following directory or directories:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\niekfffodejdnikjmdijcldcflkhfmff

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