Yealt

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 6,496
First Seen: November 28, 2013
Last Seen: January 30, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Yealt is adware, which may be advertised via a variety of unsafe freeware downloads and, once installed on the computer system, it may change the default Web browser's settings. Yealt may substitute the default start page and search provider or a new tab page with an affiliated website created to probably boost traffic of the website and generate advertising income from the clicks on commercial ads. Yealt may display intrusive pop-up advertisements and banners encompassing various discount coupons, deals, offers and sponsored links in search results in any major search engine, and may collect search terms from the computer user's search queries. Yealt may proliferate and access the PC as an optional program through packaged free software that might have included into their installation Yealt. When the PC user installs any free application, he may also enable to automatically install Yealt on the computer system.

SpyHunter Detects & Remove Yealt

File System Details

Yealt may create the following file(s):
# File Name MD5 Detections
1. yealt.dll 0b8fb015d32636af1aadb88b5ff772f1 1,153
2. yealt.dll d0409e56cf294c8b161f0c9179c9efcf 1,054
3. yealt.dll c440b42527c80ecaf09004f868886328 453
4. yealt.dll 74b5ca1a8016110d473ec3665fe6f494 90
5. yealt.dll e6aa8521a8e7b83c3923046bc8e7135e 37

Registry Details

Yealt may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
Regexp file mask
%WINDIR%\SysWoW64\yealt.dll
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{40C78C4E-5AE5-4762-9B7D-D2DE31B03B77}
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Settings\{40C78C4E-5AE5-4762-9B7D-D2DE31B03B77}
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{40C78C4E-5AE5-4762-9B7D-D2DE31B03B77}
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Ext\CLSID\{40C78C4E-5AE5-4762-9B7D-D2DE31B03B77}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{40C78C4E-5AE5-4762-9B7D-D2DE31B03B77}

Directories

Yealt may create the following directory or directories:

%PROGRAMFILES%\Yealt
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Yealt

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