Yeadesktop.com
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| Ranking: | 3,406 |
| Threat Level: | 50 % (Medium) |
| Infected Computers: | 24,932 |
| First Seen: | April 30, 2017 |
| Last Seen: | September 21, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The Yeadesktop.com domain is presented to Web surfers as a search service that includes links to third-party service like LinkedIn, Netflix, Yahoo, YouTube and Facebook. Yeadesktop.com offers visitors access to curated collection of Web-based mini-games as well. The site may appeal to users of all ages, but you should take into consideration that Yeadesktop.com is supported by intrusive advertisements. Additionally, Yeadesktop.may be associated with a program with the same name ('Yeadesktop') that is mentioned in cases of browser hijacking. Computer users that are affected by the Yeadesktop browser hijacker have reported that their Internet browser loads Yeadesktop.com as the default start page and new tab. We have detected that a program with the name 'Yeadesktop' may be delivered to PC users via free software bundles and make modifications to their Internet settings. There is no official page for the 'Yeadesktop' app but we have found that there are direct links to subpages on Yeadesktop.com that include:
- down.yeadesktop[.]com/YeaDesktop/yeadesktop_51504.exe
- down.yeadesktop[.]com/offer/msiql.exe
- down.yeadesktop[.]com/offer/hp.exe
- down.yeadesktop[.]com/offer/service.exe
- down.yeadesktop[.]com/YeaDesktop/yeadesktop_51495.exe
- down.yeadesktop[.]com/YeaDesktop/yeadesktop_51471.exe
- down.yeadesktop[.]com/offer/kpzip.exe
- down.yeadesktop[.]com/yeadesk/yeadesktop.ex
The programs available via Yeadesktop.com appear to be designed as browser hijackers that aim to drive Web traffic to Yeadesktop.com and connected sites. Yeadesktop.com may be flagged as an unreliable search service that may redirect users to phishing pages and welcome visitors to install apps like DailyPrize and ZoomApp. It is recommended that you avoid the download of software associated with Yeadesktop.com. The browser hijacker linked to Yeadesktop.com may be used to display corrupted ads on your screen, and you may want to use a trustworthy anti-malware scanner to clean your machine. AV vendors are known to detect the files connected to 'Yeadesktop' as:
- ADWARE/Agent.eukcm
- Gen:Variant.Zusy.232929 (B)
- Generic PUA LA (PUA)
- PUP.InstallCore/Variant
- Trojan.Zusy.D38DE1
- Win32.Adware.Sokuxuan.Dzuk
- Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
Table of Contents
SpyHunter Detects & Remove Yeadesktop.com
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. | file.exe | a7e0cc34ef30b4a18fa4ab8b9061a004 | 14 |
Registry Details
Directories
Yeadesktop.com may create the following directory or directories:
| %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\YeaDesktop |
| %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\YeaDesktop |
| %APPDATA%\servertest |
| %PROGRAMFILES%\YeaDesktop |
| %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\YeaDesktop |
URLs
Yeadesktop.com may call the following URLs:
| yeadesktop.com |
| yeadesktopbr.com |
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