Skyrocket Player

Skyrocket Player

Known Malware

by Blinkx

What is Skyrocket Player?

Skyrocket Player is software application developed by Blinkx. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 46.88% of installations running this operating system. Skyrocket Player's installer is typically 0.93 MB in size and installs around 2 files. The most common release is 1.2.1.32 with 40.63% of all installations currently using this version.

Skyrocket Player is most popular in the United States with 98.04% of installations residing in this country.

About Skyrocket Player?

Skyrocket is an ad-supported software program that may inject various forms of ads in the user's web browser and displayed videos. It is designed to place display ads, banners, or coupons into web pages or displaying over parts of such web pages that advertisements would not otherwise appear on the underlying website. In addition, it converts words on pages into hyperlinks that are linked to advertisements. According to the End User License Agreement (EULA), Skyrocket Player software enables users to watch video content while still having access to and use of other applications on the computer. The unique "view-through" technology plays videos in a partially transparent player that reveals what's under the Skyrocket Player. It also includes a control bar for video control, content selection, and video and web content search functions. The Service may also show ads dispersed within the video content played in the Skyrocket Player and provide an optional home page with convenient search and an optional ability to set the browser’s default search powered by a Skyplayer partner. The software is distributed by Useful Software / Blinkx (dba Skyplayer) based in Bellevue, WA.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Skyrocket Player.

Skyrocket Player.exe (MD5: f6e49bc0672203613ff727a519fcd4a2) has been flagged by 3 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVware Blinkx/LeadImpact (fs)
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V0808
VIPRE Antivirus Blinkx/LeadImpact (fs)

Startup Entries

Registry entries:
  • Skyrocket Player.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Skyrocket Player' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Skyrocket Player\Skyrocket Player.exe" /autostart=1.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.skyrocketplayer.com
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\skyrocket player
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\Skyrocket Player\uninstall.exe
Size:
0.93 MB
Language:
English

Skyrocket Player Executable Details

Primary executable:
Skyrocket Player.exe
Name:
Skyrocket Player
Path:
C:\Program Files\skyrocket player\Skyrocket Player.exe
MD5:
f6e49bc0672203613ff727a519fcd4a2
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Skyrocket Player
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
109ec37fc39b1561f880de7099993f30
EXE
f6e49bc0672203613ff727a519fcd4a2