InstallMonster is a pay-per-install (PPI) bundle installer family that wraps legitimate freeware with adware, browser hijackers, and potentially unwanted programs in exchange for affiliate revenue. While typically classified as PUA rather than outright malware, InstallMonster bundles can include credential-stealing components and aggressive ad injection. It typically arrives through deceptive download sites posing as official software distribution points. Removal often requires uninstalling multiple bundled components and resetting browser settings.
InstallMonster is a pay-per-install (PPI) bundle installer family that wraps legitimate freeware with adware, browser hijackers, and potentially unwanted programs in exchange for affiliate revenue. While typically classified as PUA rather than outright malware, InstallMonster bundles can include credential-stealing components and aggressive ad injection. It typically arrives through deceptive download sites posing as official software distribution points. Removal often requires uninstalling multiple bundled components and resetting browser settings.
InstallMonster (Amonetize) is a Russian-language bundler distributed primarily through pirated software and game-cheat downloads.
Bundled adware and PUAs installed without explicit consent, browser ads on clean sites, and PUA detections referencing InstallMonster, Amonetize, or InstallCube indicate its activity.
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Get this profile as JSON: https://jordanricky1604-ship-it.github.io/malware-families-catalog/api/installmonster.json
This profile is part of the Malware Families Catalog, a public dataset of 2,899 malware families extracted from the EMBER 2018 benchmark. The catalog is also published on Hugging Face and Kaggle.