LookThisUp

LookThisUp

Known Adware

by Sea Bug, LLC

What is LookThisUp?

LookThisUp is software application developed by Sea Bug, LLC. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 61.57% of installations running this operating system. LookThisUp's installer is typically 2.00 MB in size and installs around 10 files. The most common release is 1.0.2 with 77.78% of all installations currently using this version.

LookThisUp is most popular in the United States with 76.80% of installations residing in this country.

About LookThisUp?

LookThisUp is an adware software application that injects advertisements into web browsers on non-affiliated web pages. It is not endorsed by the underlying websites and will display new ads that would not normally appear. Additionally, LookThisUp tracks user search keywords, visited URLs, accessed domains, displayed ads, and clicked ads. The software also modifies browser security settings, such as turning off the Load Time Alert feature and shutting off Internet Explorer Accelerators in Internet Explorer. In Firefox, LookThisUp loads a lock file to prevent other software from changing settings, disabling Content Security Policy (CSP) in both Firefox and Chrome, which lowers the computer's security level. It should be noted that internet Explorer 10 has two versions (Metro and desktop), and LookThisUp will set the desktop version as the default browsing experience, as the Metro version does not support browser extensions.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in LookThisUp.

LookThisUp.exe (MD5: 1faec39e12f32c1d2a6d014ddfb98cd4) has been flagged by 5 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVG Generic
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/Adware.iBryte.H
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.LookThisUp.A
Symantec WS.Reputation
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V0908

Startup Entries

Registry entries:
  • LookThisUp.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'LookThisUp' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\LookThisUp\LookThisUp.exe".

Software Details

URL:
https://lookthisup.net
Support:
Installation path:
C:\users\user\appdata\roaming\lookthisup
Uninstaller:
C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\LookThisUp\LookThisUpUninstall.exe -uninstall
Size:
2.00 MB
Language:
English

LookThisUp Executable Details

Primary executable:
LookThisUp.exe
Name:
LookThisUp
Path:
C:\users\user\appdata\roaming\lookthisup\LookThisUp.exe
MD5:
1faec39e12f32c1d2a6d014ddfb98cd4
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by LookThisUp
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
02783f258cb37ad93452f834d8113818
DLL
4021392fb4666886bdbaf5664cad6a16
DLL
fada98407e43ab559601bb6b192e8e39
DLL
02ee52e45c47362d986d95c57dc2fed0
DLL
b564b3411abf0de22b7f78fed2419976
DLL
ed169d3aaca62289c114059592e622f0
DLL
6aa03ef0d1b84a5487b380b7e7b25bd6
EXE
56fbac70c2d334ce489634c1d8847e24
EXE
ed6918bc6a0e80eb671f5f8fd95abf79
EXE
1faec39e12f32c1d2a6d014ddfb98cd4