What is ADDICT-THING?

ADDICT-THING is software application developed by Al Bandy. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 83.61% of installations running this operating system. ADDICT-THING's installer is typically 613.00 KB in size and installs around 3 files.

ADDICT-THING is most popular in the United States with 23.22% of installations residing in this country.

About ADDICT-THING?

The ADDICT-THING (AddictThing) plug-in, commonly integrated with the Mozilla Firefox web browser, is closely associated with Buzzdock Ads, which are known to replace regular sponsored ad placements in Google and other web search engine results. The Buzzdock Ads box typically appears at the top of the screen, featuring extra control buttons and occasionally presenting its own curated search results. The integration of Buzzdock Ads with the Addict-Thing plug-in enables its functionality within the web browser, operating as a browser helper object (BHO) registered under the name Addict-Thing.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in ADDICT-THING.

uninstall.exe (MD5: 2628f4240552cc3b2ba04ee51078ae0c) has been flagged by 4 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.Win32.MultiPlug.A
Comodo Security	17071	ApplicUnwnt
ESET-NOD32	8888	Win32/Adware.MultiPlug.A
Fortinet FortiGate	5.1.147.0	Riskware/MultiPlug

bhoclass.dll (MD5: dab0cca61d9bddf01ba0362a8de7e991) has been flagged by 16 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Avira AntiVir	7.11.63.114	ADWARE/Adware.Gen
Antiy-AVL	2.0.3.7	AdWare/Win32.BHO.gen
avast!	2014.9-130701	Win32:MultiPlug-K [PUP]
Comodo Security	15447	UnclassifiedMalware
Dr.Web	9.0.0.0182	Adware.Bho.3850
ESET-NOD32	7.8072	Win32/Adware.MultiPlug.A
Fortinet FortiGate	7/1/2013	Riskware/MultiPlug
F-Prot	v6.4.6.5.141	W32/Multiplug.A
K7 AntiVirus	13.161.8284	Adware
Malwarebytes	v2013.07.01.01	PUP.DownloadnSave
McAfee	5600.7122	Artemis!DAB0CCA61D9B
McAfee-GW-Edition	7.7122	Artemis!DAB0CCA61D9B
NANO AntiVirus	0.22.8.50837	Trojan.Win32.Bho.tnosi
Rising Antivirus	23.00.65.13629	Trojan.Win32.Generic.12DFF423
TrendMicro-HouseCall	7.2.182	TROJ_GEN.RCBH1AO
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.Win32.MultiPlug.A

Software Details

URL:

https://sharetuner.com

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\ProgramData\addict-thing

Uninstaller:

C:\ProgramData\ADDICT-THING\uninstall.exe /path=C:\ProgramData\ADDICT-THING

Size:

613.00 KB

Language:

English

ADDICT-THING Executable Details

Primary executable:

bhoclass.dll

Name:

ADDICT-THING

Path:

C:\ProgramData\addict-thing\bhoclass.dll

MD5:

dab0cca61d9bddf01ba0362a8de7e991

SHA-1:

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SHA-256:

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File Type

Filename

MD5

EXE

uninstall.exe

Malware

2628f4240552cc3b2ba04ee51078ae0c

CRX

nagngigieempbmcnfbapcgaiadkclmln.crx

96d6fb46c3d6b2e032a7b5699407ae03

DLL