CrimeWatch

CrimeWatch

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by Mathematical Applications

What is CrimeWatch?

CrimeWatch is software application developed by Mathematical Applications. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 54.86% of installations running this operating system. CrimeWatch's installer is typically 770.00 KB in size and installs around 7 files. The most common release is 3.0.26 with 38.13% of all installations currently using this version.

CrimeWatch is most popular in the United States with 77.66% of installations residing in this country.

About CrimeWatch?

CrimeWatch, developed by Injekts Media and distributed under the name Mathematical Applications, is an ad-supported software program. This program may display third-party advertisements in various forms such as coupons, price comparisons, display media, affiliate links, banners, popups, popunders, and other links. These advertisements can be injected to overlay the page or inserted directly into the page content. CrimeWatch may modify the content of accessed web pages to facilitate the display of these ads. The software installer for CrimeWatch also includes bundled offers, such as search toolbars, during the setup process. For example, users may have the option to install a search toolbar that provides additional search functionality, including a new search field, homepage integration, or via opening a new browser tab. These toolbars often come with widgets that allow for access to favorite websites, social networking platforms, news sources, real-time weather data, and streaming radio stations, among other utilities. Please consult the software's terms and conditions for the most recent and accurate information about its features and functionality.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in CrimeWatch.

CrimeWatchService.exe (MD5: f7c5c47d232acc37a7f50ae715cff523) has been flagged by 21 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Adware.PullUpdate.M
ALYac Adware.PullUpdate.M
avast! MSIL:Adware-G [PUP]
AVG Downloader
Avira ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
Bitdefender Adware.PullUpdate.M
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
Dr.Web Adware.Yontoo.55
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Adware.PullUpdate.M
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.G.gen
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/PullUpdate
F-Secure Adware.PullUpdate.M
G Data Adware.PullUpdate
K7 AntiVirus Adware
K7GW Adware ( 004afdd71 )
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.CrimeWatch.A
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.PullUpdate.M
nProtect Adware.PullUpdate.M
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM03.0.Malware.Gen
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V1220
Zillya Adware.PullUpdate.Win32.290

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • CrimeWatchService.exe runs as a service named 'CrimeWatch' (CrimeWatch).

Software Details

URL:
Support:
https://www.crimethreatalert.com/about.html
Installation path:
C:\ProgramData\crimewatch
Uninstaller:
"C:\ProgramData\CrimeWatch\uninstall.exe"
Size:
770.00 KB
Language:
English

CrimeWatch Executable Details

Primary executable:
CrimeWatch.exe
Name:
CrimeWatch
Path:
C:\ProgramData\crimewatch\CrimeWatch.exe
MD5:
032d581add064d1d9164f38496f455fc
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by CrimeWatch
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
b8345c70bd05184a3a3f8dba6e773c59
EXE
a26e955618063b4e3a47ab74b3f48817
EXE
f7c5c47d232acc37a7f50ae715cff523
EXE
7d2392df53fd7263593bd7aa3dc9da1f
EXE
032d581add064d1d9164f38496f455fc
DLL
40707561fb0ec4caa5d1a906399aca60
DLL
394d94fa80b3493b662418b0c5b79a89