PassWizard

PassWizard

Known Adware

by Revizer Technologies

What is PassWizard?

PassWizard is software application developed by Revizer Technologies. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 66.67% of installations running this operating system. PassWizard's installer is typically 1.00 MB in size and installs around 12 files.

PassWizard is most popular in the United States with 66.67% of installations residing in this country.

PassWizard adds 4 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About PassWizard?

PassWizard is a browser-based adware program designed to modify various settings within the user's web browser. It alters the search provider and injects display ads, including banner ads and pop-ups, onto webpages. These ads are often low quality and not related to the user's browsing activities. PassWizard can be challenging to remove using the standard installer and may leave certain settings unchanged, such as hijacked search and home pages.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in PassWizard.

S5PassWizardV34.exe (MD5: 0fbe45a5b1ada13cefbbc99325a1a8da) has been flagged by 27 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.91730
Agnitum Outpost PUA.Agent!
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.Agent
Avira AntiVir Adware/Zusy.91730.6
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Agent
avast! Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
AVware Revizer (fs)
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.Agent.Akly
Bitdefender Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.91730
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.91730 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/AdWare.AddLyrics.BJ
F-Prot W32/A-c15b742b!Eldorado
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.91730
G Data Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.91730
IKARUS anti.virus not-a-virus:AdWare.Agent
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.dluk
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.Revizer
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.91730
Panda Antivirus Trj/Genetic.gen
Sophos Generic PUA NE
Symantec Trojan.Gen
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R08NH07HP14
VIPRE Antivirus Revizer (fs)
AVG Generic_r.PX
K7 AntiVirus Adware ( 0049c1131 )
K7GW Adware ( 0049c1131 )
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.Adware.5c6
k4PassWizardrl176.exe (MD5: 640c26a32098fb48e649787b9eba8d65) has been flagged by 37 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Application.Generic.709746
AegisLab AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
Agnitum Outpost PUA.AddLyrics!
AhnLab-V3 Downloader/Win32.AdCenter
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.SGeneric
avast! Win32:Adware-BWL [Adw]
AVG Generic5.BHNH
Avira TR/Graftor.150960.24
AVware Revizer (fs)
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.AddLyrics.bBN
Bitdefender Application.Generic.709746
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/AdWare.AddLyrics.BN
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/AddLyrics
F-Secure Application.Generic.709746
G Data Application.Generic.709746
McAfee Artemis!640C26A32098
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.cm
MicroWorld-eScan Application.Generic.709746
NANO AntiVirus Trojan.Win32.Graftor.dfocxt
Norman Troj_Generic.VMBSV
Panda Antivirus Trj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.4b1
Rising Antivirus PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.172F8912!388991250
Sophos AddLyrics
Symantec Adware.Adpopup
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.R047C0EIP14
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R047C0EIP14
VIPRE Antivirus Revizer (fs)
Avira AntiVir Adware/Zusy.91730.6
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.91730 (B)
F-Prot W32/A-c15b742b!Eldorado
IKARUS anti.virus not-a-virus:AdWare.Agent
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.dluk
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.Revizer
K7 AntiVirus Adware ( 0049c1131 )
K7GW Adware ( 0049c1131 )
PassWizardy.exe (MD5: 7e39b8127a119ff5359dbf6da5d128a9) has been flagged by 37 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.147412
avast! Win32:Malware-gen
AVG Generic5
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Bitdefender Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.147412
Comodo Security Application.Win32.Adware.WDUnlocker.A
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.147412
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/AdWare.AddLyrics.AT
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.147412
G Data Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.147412
IKARUS anti.virus PUA.AddLyrics
McAfee Artemis!7E39B8127A11
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!7E39B8127A11
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.147412
Qihoo-360 HEUR/Malware.QVM10.Gen
Symantec Trojan.Gen
VIPRE Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
AegisLab AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
Agnitum Outpost PUA.AddLyrics!
AhnLab-V3 Downloader/Win32.AdCenter
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.SGeneric
Avira TR/Graftor.150960.24
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.AddLyrics.bBN
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/AddLyrics
NANO AntiVirus Trojan.Win32.Graftor.dfocxt
Norman Troj_Generic.VMBSV
Panda Antivirus Trj/Genetic.gen
Rising Antivirus PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.172F8912!388991250
Sophos AddLyrics
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.R047C0EIP14
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R047C0EIP14
Avira AntiVir Adware/Zusy.91730.6
F-Prot W32/A-c15b742b!Eldorado
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.dluk
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.Revizer
K7 AntiVirus Adware ( 0049c1131 )
K7GW Adware ( 0049c1131 )
PassWizardM66.exe (MD5: c1b8d1bff2ceaf30699b308b64d5c366) has been flagged by 8 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVG Generic_r.OV
AVware Revizer (fs)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/AdWare.AddLyrics.AS
IKARUS anti.virus AdWare.Generic
Kaspersky not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Agent.heur
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.Adware.5c6
Sophos Generic PUA PD
VIPRE Antivirus Revizer (fs)
PassWizardEY173.exe (MD5: 1c6a38bdcd225c2081249d248c3758d7) has been flagged by 19 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.146579
Avira AntiVir Adware/Graftor.146579.46
avast! Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
AVG Generic_r.PX
Bitdefender Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.146579
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.146579 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/AdWare.AddLyrics.AQ
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.146579
G Data Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.146579
IKARUS anti.virus PUA.AddLyrics
K7 AntiVirus Adware ( 0049c1131 )
K7GW Adware ( 0049c1131 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Agent.heur
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.146579
Panda Antivirus Trj/Genetic.gen
VIPRE Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
AVware Revizer (fs)
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.Adware.5c6
Sophos Generic PUA PD

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • k4PassWizardrl176.exe runs as a service named 'PassWizard' (PassWizard) "PassWizard".
  • PassWizardEY173.exe runs as a service named 'PassWizard' (PassWizard) "PassWizard".
Scheduled tasks:
  • S5PassWizardV34.exe is scheduled as a task named 'PassWizard Update' (runs daily at 6:01 PM).
  • K7PassWizardh.exe is scheduled as a task named 'PassWizard_wd' (runs daily at 6:12 PM).
  • PassWizardy.exe is scheduled as a task named 'PassWizard_wd' (runs daily at 4:08 PM).
  • PassWizardM66.exe is scheduled as a task named 'PassWizard Update' (runs daily at 3:57 PM).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • S5PassWizardV34.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named PassWizard Update.
  • K7PassWizardh.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named PassWizard_wd.
  • PassWizardy.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named PassWizard_wd.
  • PassWizardM66.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named PassWizard Update.

Software Details

URL:
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Support:
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Installation path:
C:\Program Files\passwizard-soft
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\PassWizard-soft\Uninstall.exe
Size:
1.00 MB
Language:
English

PassWizard Executable Details

Primary executable:
PassWizardy.exe
Name:
PassWizard
Path:
C:\Program Files\passwizard-soft\PassWizardy.exe
MD5:
7e39b8127a119ff5359dbf6da5d128a9
SHA-1:
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SHA-256:
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Files installed by PassWizard
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
f3ff54e9ab0ad8ba759297bc4eddb306
DLL
5b2776a1be63c678b4d5b8a8eab9ddb5
XPI
466ce0f6e2bbf5d2f1b3f89a4eb9125b
DLL
71708cc80224309efca132bc1d65ddc5
EXE
0fbe45a5b1ada13cefbbc99325a1a8da
EXE
71271d0820d540c20dd6df30544ab779
EXE
640c26a32098fb48e649787b9eba8d65
DLL
27da131d39f80730443c9e1e02638d5c
EXE
7e39b8127a119ff5359dbf6da5d128a9
EXE
c1b8d1bff2ceaf30699b308b64d5c366