WebCake

By Domesticus in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 5,543
Threat Level: 20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 41,075
First Seen: May 23, 2013
Last Seen: March 19, 2024
OS(es) Affected: Windows

WebCake is an adware application that is supposed to enhance your browsing experience but, in actuality, it results in numerous issues on an attacked PC. Although WebCake declares to be a great tool that can give computer users the best offers and discount coupons, as well as an option to compare prices of particular products and services, it causes more inconveniences than benefits. WebCake enters the corrupted PC without the target computer user's permission and, therefore, it is also categorized as a potentially unwanted program. WebCake is usually installed onto the targeted PC together with free software downloads from the web. WebCake can be embedded into Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. WebCake is not a malware threat, and it doesn't harm the affected PC directly. However, WebCake creates various situations that raise the chances of getting contaminated with malware threats and disturbs Internet surfing. WebCake shows a variety of pop-up advertisements on the desktop of the infected computer while the PC user is surfing the Internet, especially if he/she is visiting shopping websites. WebCake shows pop-up advertisements with coupons that offer numerous discounts and announce about offers for the items the web user is interested.

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File System Details

WebCake may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. WBDesktop.Updater.exe 7d66c7460240c5fa7da4e775df9ff328 4,062
2. WebCakeDesktop.exe.vir 9eee55b742b65439a0a45bf895e5cea1 3,684
3. WebCakeDesktop.exe 12336775941d49ce6a4d6f391cb5e02f 2,761
4. WebCakeDesktop.exe 918007c1311c833b58f50b59b454266d 2,741
5. WCDesktop.Updater.exe f7819b9af563c66708643e3dc48d002f 2,392
6. WDesktop.Updater.exe 6e3672209d3eef85b5fc010a26c11b73 2,304
7. WebCakeDesktop.exe be70d6d77417ee5fbb135fde47ca2c11 514
8. WebCakeIEClient.dll a061b4a28caaa32ed60b03c9f6f022aa 60
9. OptChrome.exe b7d43249cf290511c4a715d1b50b8396 48
10. OptChrome.exe.vir 8d86c9d4750d181f4de466b791fcbf09 48
11. OptChrome.exe fe4b52ede7c3c3139a345432b314fd89 40
12. WebCakeIEClient.dll bd26e058c1d58e83932dbe761d4d539e 28
13. OptChrome.exe 6e090730f1d9df90148a70e5c8ec8d1c 28
14. OptChrome.exe e1254cea0a0299120240beb20520ac68 27
15. WebCakeIEClient.dll 699c147c3539ffd510c888690dd4569c 18
16. WebCakeIEClient.dll 07a532c6044b985507a37eb80af98b30 15
17. WebCakeDesktop.exe cfe9e1bd825016c484bb624f987d834d 14
18. WebCakeIEClient.dll b72a69bbee7b4488ae4b44709c2df597 11
19. WebCakeIEClient.dll ba0f83c98ad14a095a720b44c049e08e 10
20. WebCakeIEClient.dll d514a5e20734190a97507cbcf73cc3a0 10
21. OptChrome.exe 099c994e04610544e52352c28c616ac8 6
22. WebCakeIEClient.dll e17390f81bea343ca0013b5f0595cbc2 1

Registry Details

WebCake may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
CLSID
{DF84E609-C3A4-49CB-A160-61767DAF8899}
SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\WebCakeIEClient.DLL
SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\{7169BBB3-3289-4696-B35D-4A88BCF6FB12}
SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{EFDF368C-8DD9-4E05-87CD-16AA5CB03CB8}
SOFTWARE\Classes\WebCakeIEClient.Api
SOFTWARE\Classes\WebCakeIEClient.Api.1
SOFTWARE\Classes\WebCakeIEClient.Layers
SOFTWARE\Classes\WebCakeIEClient.Layers.1
SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\AppID\WebCakeIEClient.DLL
SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\AppID\{7169BBB3-3289-4696-B35D-4A88BCF6FB12}
SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{2A5A2A90-3B30-4E6E-A955-2F232C6EF517}
SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{AF6B0594-6008-4327-93E5-608AD710A6FA}
SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\TypeLib\{EFDF368C-8DD9-4E05-87CD-16AA5CB03CB8}
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Webcake_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Classes\AppID\WebCakeIEClient.DLL
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Classes\AppID\{7169BBB3-3289-4696-B35D-4A88BCF6FB12}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Classes\CLSID\{2A5A2A90-3B30-4E6E-A955-2F232C6EF517}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Classes\CLSID\{AF6B0594-6008-4327-93E5-608AD710A6FA}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Classes\TypeLib\{EFDF368C-8DD9-4E05-87CD-16AA5CB03CB8}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\WebCakeDesktop_RASAPI32
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\WebCakeDesktop_RASMANCS
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{2A5A2A90-3B30-4E6E-A955-2F232C6EF517}
SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\WebCakeUpdater
SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\WebCakeUpdaterService
SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\WebCake Desktop Updater
SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\WebCakeUpdater
SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\eventlog\Application\WebCakeUpdater
SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\eventlog\Application\WebCakeUpdaterService
SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\WebCake Desktop Updater
SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\WebCakeUpdater
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\WebCakeUpdater
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\WebCakeUpdaterService
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\WebCake Desktop Updater
Run keys
WebCake Desktop

Directories

WebCake may create the following directory or directories:

%APPDATA%\WebCake
%AppData%\Movdap
%AppData%\Tepfel
%AppData%\Web Cake
%ProgramFiles%\Movdap
%ProgramFiles%\Tepfel
%ProgramFiles%\Web Cake
%ProgramFiles%\WebCake
%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Movdap
%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Tepfel
%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Web Cake
%ProgramFiles(x86)%\WebCake

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