Adware.DiscountDragon
Posted: April 5, 2013
Threat Metric
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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: | 10,383 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 8,905 |
First Seen: | April 5, 2013 |
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Last Seen: | October 11, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Discount Dragon is an adware application, which is created as a browser extension and is produced by 215 Apps. Discount Dragon displays annoying pop-up ads on numerous online shopping websites. Discount Dragon affects PC users of web browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Google chrome, and Internet Explorer. Discount Dragon is able to change browser settings to execute its unwanted functions on the infected computer. Every time the PC user browses online shopping websites, Discount Dragon will reveal a pop-up box, which shows Discount Dragon coupons and ads. Affected computer users will get flooded with numerous links and offers. Discount Dragon gathers data such as the victim's browsing habits and search terms from the corrupted PC, and then, sends promos and discounts of many software products according to the attacked computer user's preferences. Discount Dragon shows ads and sponsored links of a variety of software products that the target computer user might purchase.
Technical Details
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
The following files were created in the system:%LOCALAPPDATA%\Discount Dragon\repair.js
File name: repair.jsSize: 1.73 KB (1735 bytes)
MD5: 8420123e490a28b0a19545e3a570a1fc
Detection count: 4,750
File type: JavaScript file
Mime Type: unknown/js
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Discount Dragon
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 5, 2023
C:\Users\<username>\Desktop\DATOS RECUPERADOS\DATOS ACER\C\AdwCleaner\Quarantine\C\Program Files\Discount Dragon\FrameworkBHO.dll.vir
File name: FrameworkBHO.dll.virSize: 258.08 KB (258088 bytes)
MD5: 9006ddefe11efa5bf631ca6509cd1ffb
Detection count: 159
Mime Type: unknown/vir
Path: C:\Users\<username>\Desktop\DATOS RECUPERADOS\DATOS ACER\C\AdwCleaner\Quarantine\C\Program Files\Discount Dragon\FrameworkBHO.dll.vir
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 27, 2022
%PROGRAMFILES%\Discount Dragon\FrameworkBHO.dll
File name: FrameworkBHO.dllSize: 258.08 KB (258088 bytes)
MD5: 9c7c4f7a17cbdb98bbe9eadca54be494
Detection count: 131
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Discount Dragon
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 18, 2019
%PROGRAMFILES%\Discount Dragon\FrameworkBHO.dll
File name: FrameworkBHO.dllSize: 258.08 KB (258088 bytes)
MD5: b38d12dcb41f6b9a7f3c39aa3cd16738
Detection count: 84
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Discount Dragon
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 20, 2019
%PROGRAMFILES%\Discount Dragon\FrameworkBHO.dll
File name: FrameworkBHO.dllSize: 258.08 KB (258088 bytes)
MD5: 90aa68e19743fe6e14ccf8ea068349e2
Detection count: 68
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Discount Dragon
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 11, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES%\Discount Dragon\FrameworkBHO.dll
File name: FrameworkBHO.dllSize: 258.08 KB (258088 bytes)
MD5: e3207837e737879114bfc69b1f178abd
Detection count: 56
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Discount Dragon
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 6, 2020
%PROGRAMFILES%\Discount Dragon\FrameworkBHO.dll
File name: FrameworkBHO.dllSize: 288.81 KB (288816 bytes)
MD5: d5f6ed8e3adea1c05e9e4df908d60536
Detection count: 49
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Discount Dragon
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 11, 2014
Registry Modifications
HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{11111111-1111-1111-1111-110111271151}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION\Discount Dragon-bg.exeSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Discount DragonSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION\Discount Dragon-bg.exeHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}38900_Discount DragonDiscount Dragon
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