Websteroids

Websteroids

Known Adware

by Creative Island Media, LLC

What is Websteroids?

Websteroids is software application developed by Creative Island Media, LLC. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 59.81% of installations running this operating system. Websteroids's installer is typically 2.00 MB in size and installs around 6 files. The most common release is 2.6.53 with 76.30% of all installations currently using this version.

Websteroids is most popular in the United States with 51.30% of installations residing in this country.

About Websteroids?

This ad-supported software, part of Injekt, may be challenging to remove as the publisher may ignore the Windows Add/Remove feature and reinstall it after the user reboots their PC. According to the official website, Websteroids operates by installing a browser extension in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Google Chrome. During the installation process, product offers may be displayed, and users have the option to accept or decline these offers. Creative Island utilizes third-party download and install managers, such as Conduit, to distribute this software.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Websteroids.

WebsteroidsService.exe (MD5: 59e25386834b57c0b32adc52aab711d9) has been flagged by 20 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Adware.Agent.NUR
Bitdefender Adware.Agent.NUR
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
Dr.Web Adware.Plugin.175
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Adware.Agent.NUR (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.A
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/PullUpdate
F-Secure Adware.Agent.NUR
G Data Adware.Agent.NUR
IKARUS anti.virus AdWare.Agent
K7 AntiVirus Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 )
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 )
McAfee Artemis!59E25386834B
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!59E25386834B
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.Agent.NUR
nProtect Adware.Agent.NUR
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.Adware.988
Sophos Search Donkey
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0323
VIPRE Antivirus SearchDonkey (fs)

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • WebsteroidsService.exe runs as a service named 'Websteroids' (Websteroids) "Provides system level support for Websteroids.".

Software Details

URL:
https://www.websteroidsapp.com
Support:
https://www.websteroidsapp.com/about.html
Installation path:
C:\ProgramData\websteroids
Uninstaller:
C:\ProgramData\Websteroids\uninstall.exe /kb=y /ic=2
Size:
2.00 MB
Language:
English

Websteroids Executable Details

Primary executable:
Common.dll
Name:
Websteroids
Path:
C:\ProgramData\websteroids\Common.dll
MD5:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Websteroids
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
256ef3f3ea46e285ce2cacd60d3155ff
DLL
b49464566950ae6bd88cb50c6463d754
EXE
52967cb2b46a6b869b38ee4f48d3fd5d
EXE
a282253b4754476c1205f9e4946612f6
EXE
1ac85432149157af1bd818a215184309
EXE
59e25386834b57c0b32adc52aab711d9