TV Time
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| Ranking: | 16,750 |
| Threat Level: | 20 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 685 |
| First Seen: | November 25, 2014 |
| Last Seen: | September 6, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The TV Time application is advertised as an ad-free, spyware free and fun program to browse and enjoy TV channels from around the world. The TV Time is supposed to improve your video experience on sites like YouTube, Twitch.tv and Vimeo. The TV Time app may promise to provide useful links to services that allow you to customize the video feed and share your favorite moments on social media. Users interested in TV Time may be attracted to functions like 'Dim the Lights,' 'Instant Capture' and 'Auto-HD.' The official page of the TV Time app even says 'The video tool many are talking about!'
However, you should know better than trust the advertisements for the TV Time program. You should be careful what software you introduce to your system because TV Time is deemed as and adware. TV Time is flagged as adware because it may many ads on Google.com and load promotional videos from sponsors on YouTube. Google has an ad network and the TV Time adware may block the native ads on pages using AdWords by Google and generate marketing materials from affiliated merchants. Security experts note that the TV Time adware is developed by Ratio Applications and functions very similarly to other adware like Mood Tube App and Movie Mode.
The TV Time adware may be detected under names like Adware.Yontoo.55, PUP.Injekt and MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.G and may create a folder in the hidden ProgramData directory to store its files. The TV Time adware may run on system start, and you might see TVTimeService.exe running in the background. The TVTimeService.exe process may inject potentially unsafe content into browsers like Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Adware like TV Time might welcome users to install fake updates to Adobe Flash Player, and you may be exposed to attacks with the Angler Exploit Kit. Experts recommend removing the TV Time with a credible anti-malware tool.
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SpyHunter Detects & Remove TV Time
File System Details
| # | File Name | MD5 |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | HCCHXSph.exe | ab419e75cc032f91df64efe4651a42fb | 1 |
Registry Details
Directories
TV Time may create the following directory or directories:
| %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\TVTime |
| %HOMEDRIVE%\TVTime |
| %LOCALAPPDATA%\TVTime |
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