Adware . Free Scratch Cards (Summary)
Software Name: Free Scratch Cards
Company Name: CPM Media
Product Name: Free Scratch Cards
Classification: Adware
Website: http://www.freescratchandwin.com
Brief:
Displays advertisements while surfing the web. Hijackes your browser homepage and search pages. Auto updates itself without notification and downloads other applications.
IMPORTANT!
Some of the Adware.Free Scratch Cards components
are listed below. The list is compiled as a reference. The list might
not be complete and it doesn't represent instructions for manual removal.
We DO NOT recommend manual removal. Incorrect removal
of certain software might make your computer unstable or even unusable.
Removal of adware component might affect the related ad-supported software.
If you suspect that you have an unwanted instance of Free Scratch Cards
installed on your computer we recommend a free
audit of your system with INAC Anti Spyware.
Free Scratch Cards might create following folders (and inject its files inside
the folders):
Free Scratch Cards might create following files (some of the files might be
loaded in memory while the software is running):
- %WINDOWS%\system\support.exe
- %WINDOWS%\system\IdleUI.dll
- %WINDOWS%\Downloaded Program Files\fswinst.inf
- %WINDOWS%\Downloaded Program Files\fswinst.ocx
- %SYSTEM%\IdleUI.dll
- %SYSTEM%\support.exe
Free Scratch Cards is often accompanied by the following tracking cookies:
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Free Scratch Cards might create following registry keys (and inject subkeys
and values):
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20A03A4C-9FAF-45D5-A5C2-B6C49774E03C}
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{99B0B113-6F25-49C9-8ECF-2FDDD3EDFF6A}
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FSW_beta1.Application
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FSW.Application
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FSWINST.Application
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{47CC4DCD-BBC9-47A3-A677-44DB2559E0D8}
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{5DD7B3BE-FDEC-4563-B038-FF80F2345B89}
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{ACC4DBFF-71AF-4227-A86D-8777429F56BD}
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D04E6445-DFF4-457B-8F24-444CF3061E5D}
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{FA1F14A9-0C33-4296-988E-652130A5EEE6}
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FSWINST.FswinstCtrl.1
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{A35FBA3E-FEF9-41CA-9E30-0644D753D7A1}
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{F0EDA326-B6E5-4C8E-A034-5A69D597B2F2}
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Support.Application
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{ACC4DBFF-71AF-4227-A86D-8777429F56BD}
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Code Store Database\Distribution Units\{5DD7B3BE-FDEC-4563-B038-FF80F2345B89}
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ModuleUsage\*/fswinst.ocx*
- HKEY_USERS\*\Software\FreeScratchAndWin
Free Scratch Cards might create following registry values:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run|FSW
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce|FSWUpdater
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDLLs|*\fswinst.ocx
Free Scratch Cards might create registry values with following data:
- HKEY_USERS\*\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main|Start Page|http://www.xzoomy.com*
Free Scratch Cards might insert following entries in the HOSTS file:
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