Adware.BringStar
Posted: February 3, 2014
Threat Metric
The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:
Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
Ranking: | 10,950 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 2,520 |
First Seen: | February 3, 2014 |
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Last Seen: | October 8, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
BringStar is adware that may be installed onto random computers together with numerous free programs from unreliable download websites on the Internet. BringStar may display various unwanted pop-up advertisements, messages and banners, which may contain offers, discount coupons, deals and sales on the computer system. BringStar may offer the PC user to check price comparisons, for example, when he is visiting online shopping websites. The pop-up advertisements delivered by BringStar may urge the computer user to click on random pop-up ads and messages or the ones linked to his Internet surfing routine. If the computer user clicks on these pop-up advertisements and banners, BringStar may repeatedly divert the PC user to suspicious websites. BringStar may also gather information about the PC user's browsing habits, search requests and visited web pages. This data may be valuable for targeted advertising campaigns.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
CLSID{25B75982-A39A-4D49-8B84-5E24443CBD1B}{7F729B23-22C4-4C83-9BC8-8B9C59F2A51A}File name without path{3de9eb9c-a833-42cb-b66f-841b954aebef}.xpiHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\BringStarSoftware\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{6F0D3DEC-9246-4B6F-A5E3-C1C169493EEF}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\BringStar_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\BringStar_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updateBringStar_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updateBringStar_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{6f0d3dec-9246-4b6f-a5e3-c1c169493eef}Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Settings\{6F0D3DEC-9246-4B6F-A5E3-C1C169493EEF}Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{6F0D3DEC-9246-4B6F-A5E3-C1C169493EEF}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\BringStarSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\BringStar_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\BringStar_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updateBringStar_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updateBringStar_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{6f0d3dec-9246-4b6f-a5e3-c1c169493eef}SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\Update BringStarSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Update BringStarSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\eventlog\Application\Update BringStarSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\eventlog\Application\Util BringStarSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\Update BringStarSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\Util BringStarSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Update BringStarSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Update BringStar
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