MarkKit

MarkKit

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by MarkKit Software

What is MarkKit?

MarkKit is software application developed by MarkKit Software. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 74.29% of installations running this operating system. MarkKit's installer is typically 900.00 KB in size and installs around 12 files.

MarkKit is most popular in the United States with 37.33% of installations residing in this country.

MarkKit adds 3 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About MarkKit?

This application is designed to display advertisements from various affiliate ad providers, such as banners, inline text links, and pop-ups. The ads promote the installation of additional content, including web browser toolbars, optimization utilities, and other products, with the aim of generating pay-per-click revenue for the publisher. Common symptoms of infection may include hyperlinked text on web pages, pop-up ads with clickable buttons, unintended installation of adware programs, browser pop-ups recommending fake updates or software, and decreased web page loading speed due to the abundance of ads.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in MarkKit.

MarkKit153.exe (MD5: 3185c44f776670b2f96a67c397fa7341) has been flagged by 2 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.AD150.A
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/AdWare.AD150.A
MarkKit_wd.exe (MD5: 401ae404fb7e4480820a500bf8015699) has been flagged by 2 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.AD150.A
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/AdWare.AD150.A
MKupdater.exe (MD5: d733579022f0a715b1d3b3480c8a04b1) has been flagged by 5 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
avast! Win32:Agent-ASMU [PUP]
AVG Generic5
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.AddLyrics.AF
Comodo Security Application.Win32.AddLyrics.X
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/AdWare.AddLyrics.AF

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • MarkKit158.exe runs as a service named 'MarkKit' (MarkKit).
  • MarkKit157.exe runs as a service named 'MarkKit' (MarkKit).
  • MarkKit153.exe runs as a service named 'MarkKit' (MarkKit) "MarkKit".
Scheduled tasks:
  • MKupd.exe is scheduled as a task named 'MarkKit Update' (runs daily at 4:53 a.m.).
  • MarkKit_wd.exe is scheduled as a task named 'MarkKit_wd' (runs daily at 5:04 a.m.).
  • MKupdater.exe is scheduled as a task named 'MarkKit Update' (runs daily at 12.01).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • MKupd.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named MarkKit Update.
  • MarkKit_wd.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named MarkKit_wd.
  • MKupdater.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named MarkKit Update.

Software Details

URL:
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\markkit
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\MarkKit\Uninstall.exe
Size:
900.00 KB
Language:
English

MarkKit Executable Details

Primary executable:
136.dll
Name:
MarkKit
Path:
C:\Program Files\markkit\136.dll
MD5:
303d8f0ff286056c7315858497d1c292
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by MarkKit
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
ea8cccd18d809391217725ec5bec5376
DLL
5b2776a1be63c678b4d5b8a8eab9ddb5
DLL
303d8f0ff286056c7315858497d1c292
XPI
0eddd1372bc0d25ba4d617fb7b1d4a17
CRX
ebac3c44a547a2a35780c0399ffee4d0
EXE
294bda798c647a368454c85d899c0313
EXE
ecdeee41760fb5f0464b2eddbbdd46b5
EXE
3185c44f776670b2f96a67c397fa7341
EXE
dbd51dfdf7ec187ad74eb0ff1aca086e
DLL
09f08338da48cb329cc7ad16961350a1