findopolis

findopolis

Known Adware

by Yontoo Technology, Inc.

What is findopolis?

findopolis is software application developed by Yontoo Technology, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 53.33% of installations running this operating system. findopolis's installer is typically 5.00 MB in size and installs around 10 files. The most common release is 2014.07.31.102944 with 2.22% of all installations currently using this version.

findopolis is most popular in the United States with 46.37% of installations residing in this country.

About findopolis?

findopolis is a browser extension that supports advertising, serving various ad formats, including banners, text hyper-links, inline text ads, and transitional ads. The program may be bundled with third-party software offers and can run as a background process. It delivers advertisements that are not endorsed by the underlying websites and may replace legitimate ads on web pages. While some promotions are for additional software downloads and price comparison, others may lead to potentially harmful products. The software also communicates with a remote server to customize advertisements based on the user's browsing habits. Its uninstaller may not completely remove the program, leading to persistent ads even after removal.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in findopolis.

updatefindopolis.exe (MD5: f0ad1f619df140982a590f9d141c37c6) has been flagged by 35 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Adware.SwiftBrowse.AY
Agnitum Outpost PUA.Kranet!
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus,HEUR]/MSIL.Kranet
avast! Win32:BrowseFox-CB [PUP]
AVG Generic.DD6
Avira ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
AVware Yontoo (fs)
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.bI
Bitdefender Adware.SwiftBrowse.AY
CAT-QuickHeal AdWare.MSIL.r3 (Not a Virus)
Comodo Security UnclassifiedMalware
Dr.Web Trojan.BPlug.250
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Adware.SwiftBrowse.AY (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.H
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/Kranet
F-Secure Adware.SwiftBrowse.AY
G Data Adware.SwiftBrowse.AY
K7 AntiVirus Trojan ( 0049f7ad1 )
K7GW Trojan ( 020000001 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.Kranet.heur
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.Findopolis.A
McAfee BrowseFox.c
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Dropper.fh
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.SwiftBrowse.AY
NANO AntiVirus Riskware.Win32.BrowseFox.dfoocw
nProtect Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.323360.J
Panda Antivirus Adware/BrowserFox
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.Adware.e4c
Sophos Generic PUA GF
Symantec PUA.Maltrec.TS!g27
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0EJM14
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0EJM14
VIPRE Antivirus Yontoo (fs)

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • updatefindopolis.exe runs as a service named 'Update findopolis' (Update findopolis).

Software Details

URL:
https://findopolis.net/support
Support:
https://mailto:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\findopolis
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\findopolis\findopolisuninstall.exe
Size:
5.00 MB
Language:
English

findopolis Executable Details

Primary executable:
findopolisbho.dll
Name:
findopolis
Path:
C:\Program Files\findopolis\findopolisbho.dll
MD5:
d76c84231cabceff15e53259a178df1b
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by findopolis
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
e92604e043f51c604b6d1ac3bcd3a202
EXE
c5bc3d856c77bc50fb4f06591205e1b1
EXE
8d31becb8cb931c69008858a565afb28
EXE
f0ad1f619df140982a590f9d141c37c6
EXE
098672f13eeb665fe7bc64e1c606877a
DLL
d76c84231cabceff15e53259a178df1b
DLL
b19fd52e4a1d870d082a4e614a9c20e2
EXE
e7182a895af70f18e6a84108068641a9
EXE
4c64ab5c7f12c70b337aa1de9e8e9c63
CRX
1e30dd4aabbe2d356799bfd88db6869c