Threat Database Adware Torrent Search

Torrent Search

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 1,052
Threat Level: 20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 48,748
First Seen: February 24, 2015
Last Seen: September 21, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Torrent Search is not a software that the experts encourage you to install when you want to find useful programs easily. Torrent Search is highly questionable, and may impact your surfing sessions negatively. The specialists have all necessary reasons to classify Torrent Search as adware. In theory, Torrent Search is expected to help you discover useful software from torrent trackers. In reality, Torrent Search may redirect you to highly suspicious platforms that even may host threats. The distribution methods applied by the developers of Torrent Search may be deceitful. In most cases, Torrent Search sneaks in via the bundling tactic, hidden in the installers of third-party freeware. The only way to separate useful programs in the bundle from the possibly unwanted ones like Torrent Search is to use the 'Custom' menu. Otherwise, a single permission of yours may load all included applications.

In some cases, PC users may download Torrent Search intentionally with the wrong impression that it will benefit them. Just like every other adware, the real purpose of this extension is to cause page impressions on the partner sites. Thus, the developers of Torrent Search will receive referral commissions. To accomplish this goal, Torrent Search may overwhelm your browsers with commercial materials. You may notice coupons and discounts whenever you launch Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer. The most common ads may take the shape of pop-ups and banners, but you also may encounter in-text ads or interstitial ads. You should not click on these marketing elements because some of them may be threatening. Some users report that the loading of the ads may cause glitches like freezes or bugs. To stop the ads and prevent potential performance problems, you should delete Torrent Search with a leading security program.

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File System Details

Torrent Search may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. VvvSjtp.exe db4aa3309b23b2a5be6abd1e686852ff 125
2. eF_AlPyYh8Ik.dll 85c3a855255b210f9917d60679912bee 72
3. fcfdRZvRgj.dll 56a34667cb89c93d73610180188927c7 37
4. a2gohArM7S.dll 47224b9f25ccfb9b25c044a0b317c135 35
5. 0MjDulaEls67.dll 5eccf188a60adbd5c762b6f011ddad7f 33
6. Lq7klcC0msfI.dll 275cb4d853b9a767710de8a5584da7ba 32
7. brhZWJdhe9.dll dd33a4d74cc921ea7ebecbb0c4259945 28
8. 9S2TBReGP5wb.exe b7f7d9f74213b89efa5e332100c679cb 26
9. jALkrRxRNKw4.dll c1515fdd4880f312915b364fa5989ed0 25
10. 5wMJ8xb.exe 081340f08e7dee8bd819a47bb2c77d9c 23
11. TrhzximJK6.dll 07c175617a22072014420c4fa1fb94e2 20
12. Nx7oJ5nfRZ.exe bb3d02a237d1de48a5225b2dbbaddc39 17
13. _QUFe_tPlj.exe d8797e5cfd21cddd4c57dd2d1510aafc 13
14. oRfBqFdMWD84.dll aa893ab5a22db19a48a81ba30e02f960 13
15. 4E82NdX.exe 07d0b2f2096bfde6ca3f1660252f6d85 11
16. Nx7oJ5nfRZ.dll 1d1c32ccc60b3619db3471b32030d331 8
17. BOlyddIfFlyx.dll efa57ac143096df9e01ef3e8a66311e6 8
18. dhp0S8J2XL.dll 67ce7f23c0641659b0ad27685b8c4452 7
19. oVBHspU.exe b73429712815e20fc5d98f705eae0a17 6
20. 6Nj7k5Dop94v.dll d7d1041eb1a55191384f750776a60eb6 6
21. MEa88jFfiDeZ.dll 47d2637b5ba4331d3088a19a5ac3d105 5
22. _Utl_2MfAc.dll 643fee997c90d1c86329953053cae5e7 4
23. dzEPnxWfajFz.exe 5f198b711f9f17051d72572a55e3193d 4
24. H7HqXE8WeC2Z.dll f95a06ccab96b8bd5aea747b90bfe806 4
25. TrhzximJK6.exe 2e8c87480f85874aedbe5794c5216e06 3
26. uninstall.exe d61cb31c1fd00bf7ae1b7431872b0415 1
27. QpLIu0JeyX.dll 27adab0dda18f583f769e5f97776f27a 1
More files

Registry Details

Torrent Search may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
CLSID
{03AE1B7B-A9E7-4D5A-9D34-89999C31B659}
{22AFAC71-C6C3-47EA-A30E-A181F1B63411}
{357D32FC-F0AE-4B37-B36F-D44AA31496F5}
{44933305-00E7-4EAF-B907-4F0B5024845F}
{5A83D7C9-4A14-4000-BC05-389268238753}
{6024E484-490B-4FD7-8205-1FFF4EEE7539}
{617807FB-4FCA-48ED-8290-EA4B3342FB17}
{6E727987-C8EA-44DA-8749-310C0FBE3C3E}
{71C14936-0068-469E-8633-B88961FE45A9}
{80B3B43F-7508-4627-BE66-00FB9AE5EE72}
{A06ED961-D98F-4CF9-A89B-80AB11DB149C}
{DCFCC2EC-3F33-45A8-8ADF-A6C81F11232F}
{DE59DEE8-0FB4-46BA-BC67-97CFA3AFD9DA}
Regexp file mask
%APPDATA%\Homepager.exe.bat
%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\6E727987-C8EA-44DA-8749-310C0FBE3C3E
%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\6E727987-C8EA-44DA-8749-310C0FBE3C3E2
%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\B3A986DC-C2DD-40A0-8C0C-FEF66B783511[RANDOM CHARACTERS]
%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\PED_Torrent_Search
%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\U2_B3A986DC-C2DD-40A0-8C0C-FEF66B783511
%WinDir%\System32\Tasks\Update Service for Torrent Search[RANDOM CHARACTERS]
%WINDIR%\Tasks\6E727987-C8EA-44DA-8749-310C0FBE3C3E.job
%WINDIR%\Tasks\B3A986DC-C2DD-40A0-8C0C-FEF66B783511[RANDOM CHARACTERS].job
%WINDIR%\Tasks\PED_Torrent_Search.job
%WinDir%\Tasks\Update Service for Torrent Search[RANDOM CHARACTERS].job
SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{17FE002F-FCF8-4B85-BEA7-5E551B7D4010}
SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{B3A986DC-C2DD-40A0-8C0C-FEF66B783511}
SOFTWARE\Classes\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{03AE1B7B-A9E7-4D5A-9D34-89999C31B659}
SOFTWARE\Classes\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{17FE002F-FCF8-4B85-BEA7-5E551B7D4010}
SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{191A476F-8D04-43CE-A173-8C602E7A7B0D}
SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{5CF327B9-3531-447A-AEF1-7A3CB2C60B23}
SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{17FE002F-FCF8-4B85-BEA7-5E551B7D4010}
SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{B3A986DC-C2DD-40A0-8C0C-FEF66B783511}
SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\TypeLib\{5CF327B9-3531-447A-AEF1-7A3CB2C60B23}
Software\Homepager
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{6E727987-C8EA-44DA-8749-310C0FBE3C3E}
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\{03AE1B7B-A9E7-4D5A-9D34-89999C31B659}
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\{17FE002F-FCF8-4B85-BEA7-5E551B7D4010}
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\{44627DAE-18B6-4ABC-8B22-13979EDFC56D}
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\ElevationPolicy\{BE1819A7-6E66-4B63-8788-44C2A9100575}
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\ElevationPolicy\{DCFCC2EC-3F33-45A8-8ADF-A6C81F11232F}
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\ElevationPolicy\{FFDD14F6-78DA-49E7-A868-85EC771148EE}
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\Extensions\CmdMapping\{03AE1B7B-A9E7-4D5A-9D34-89999C31B659}
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION\9S2TBReGP5wb.exe
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\CompatibilityAdapter\Signatures\PED_Torrent_Search.job
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\CompatibilityAdapter\Signatures\PED_Torrent_Search.job.fp
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\PED_Torrent_Search
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\Update Service for Torrent Search
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\Update Service for Torrent Search2
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{05EB6920-D8AD-4350-BEF1-4F7107F70431}
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{6E727987-C8EA-44DA-8749-310C0FBE3C3E}
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{B3A986DC-C2DD-40A0-8C0C-FEF66B783511}
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Settings\{6E727987-C8EA-44DA-8749-310C0FBE3C3E}
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{05EB6920-D8AD-4350-BEF1-4F7107F70431}
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{6E727987-C8EA-44DA-8749-310C0FBE3C3E}
Software\Torrent Search
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\{03AE1B7B-A9E7-4D5A-9D34-89999C31B659}
SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\{17FE002F-FCF8-4B85-BEA7-5E551B7D4010}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\ElevationPolicy\{BE1819A7-6E66-4B63-8788-44C2A9100575}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\ElevationPolicy\{DCFCC2EC-3F33-45A8-8ADF-A6C81F11232F}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\ElevationPolicy\{FFDD14F6-78DA-49E7-A868-85EC771148EE}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{05EB6920-D8AD-4350-BEF1-4F7107F70431}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{6E727987-C8EA-44DA-8749-310C0FBE3C3E}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Torrent Search
6E727987-C8EA-44DA-8749-310C0FBE3C3E
Homepager
Searcher
Torrent Search

Directories

Torrent Search may create the following directory or directories:

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Torrent_Search_PED
%APPDATA%\Homepager
%APPDATA%\Searcher
%PROGRAMFILES%\MSearchIE
%PROGRAMFILES%\MSearchU
%PROGRAMFILES%\MSearchUn
%PROGRAMFILES%\MadarchU2
%PROGRAMFILES%\MafarchIE
%PROGRAMFILES%\MafarchU
%PROGRAMFILES%\MafarchU2
%PROGRAMFILES%\MafarchUn
%PROGRAMFILES%\MayarchUn
%PROGRAMFILES%\MederchU
%PROGRAMFILES%\MediaSerchIE
%PROGRAMFILES%\MediaSerchU
%PROGRAMFILES%\MediaSerchU2
%PROGRAMFILES%\MediaSerchUn
%PROGRAMFILES%\MefarchIE
%PROGRAMFILES%\Mozilla Firefox\browser\features\{D29DBC80-E8B5-4116-AB62-ECD8ED032A33}
%PROGRAMFILES%\SearchDefender
%PROGRAMFILES%\TSearchIE
%PROGRAMFILES%\Torrent Search
%PROGRAMFILES%\Torrent SearchIE
%PROGRAMFILES%\Torrent SearchU
%PROGRAMFILES%\Torrent SearchUn
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\MSearchIE
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\MSearchU
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\MSearchUn
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\MadarchU2
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\MafarchIE
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\MafarchU
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\MafarchU2
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\MafarchUn
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\MayarchUn
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\MederchU
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\MediaSerchIE
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\MediaSerchU
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\MediaSerchU2
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\MediaSerchUn
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\MefarchIE
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Mozilla Firefox\browser\features\{D29DBC80-E8B5-4116-AB62-ECD8ED032A33}
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TSearchIE
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TSearchU
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TSearchUn
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Torrent Search
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Torrent SearchIE
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Torrent SearchU
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Torrent SearchUn
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\TSearch
%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\TSearch
%appdata%\TSearch
%windir%\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\Searcher
%windir%\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\Searcher

URLs

Torrent Search may call the following URLs:

"name":"TSearch"
1stserp.com
appsaddons.com/app_torrentsearch
bearblack.ru
cosmosearch.ru
customsearch24.ru
defaultenginename", "GoSearch")
getsearch.ru
go-search.ru
requuie.ru
ritidin.ru
rusearcher.com
search.baisvik.com
smartsputnik.ru
spacesearch.ru
torrentexpert.ru
traff-4.ru
{D29DBC80-E8B5-4116-AB62-ECD8ED032A33}

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