PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader is Malwarebytes' detection name for a potentially unwanted application (PUP) published by GreenTree Applications. The application is used to download videos from popular websites like Facebook. It behaves like adware by showing advertisements in the default browser of the affected system and the free version advertizes the aid version in program windows.
During the installation of PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader you may see these screens:
When installed you may see this entry in your list of installed Programs and Features:
The free version will show advertisements for the paid version:
PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader is usually installed by the users themselves either from their website:
or as part of a bundler.
PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader behaves like adware by showing advertisements in the default browser of the affected system and the free version advertises the paid version in program windows.
Malwarebytes protects users from PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader by using real-time protection.
Malwarebytes can detect and remove PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader without further user interaction.
A Malwarebytes log of removal will look similar to this:
Malwarebytes www.malwarebytes.com-Log Details- Scan Date: 10/30/18 Scan Time: 9:09 AM Log File: 2f1f8b9e-dc1b-11e8-a4a5-00ffdcc6fdfc.json
-Software Information- Version: 3.6.1.2711 Components Version: 1.0.463 Update Package Version: 1.0.7603 License: Premium
-System Information- OS: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 CPU: x64 File System: NTFS User: {computername}\{username}
-Scan Summary- Scan Type: Threat Scan Scan Initiated By: Manual Result: Completed Objects Scanned: 238111 Threats Detected: 80 Threats Quarantined: 80 Time Elapsed: 2 min, 57 sec
-Scan Options- Memory: Enabled Startup: Enabled Filesystem: Enabled Archives: Enabled Rootkits: Enabled Heuristics: Enabled PUP: Detect PUM: Detect
-Scan Details- Process: 1 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\ytd.exe, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603
Module: 4 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\plugins\audio_output\libdirectsound_plugin.dll, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\libvlc.dll, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\libvlccore.dll, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\ytd.exe, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603
Registry Key: 1 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432NODE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\UNINSTALL\{1a413f37-ed88-4fec-9666-5c48dc4b7bb7}, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603
Registry Value: 0 (No malicious items detected)
Registry Data: 0 (No malicious items detected)
Data Stream: 0 (No malicious items detected)
Folder: 11 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\PROGRAMDATA\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\START MENU\PROGRAMS\YTD VIDEO DOWNLOADER, Quarantined, [2983], [588025],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\plugins\audio_filter, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\plugins\audio_output, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\plugins\video_filter, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\plugins\video_output, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\plugins\audio_mixer, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\plugins\access, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\plugins\codec, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\plugins, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\GREENTREE APPLICATIONS\YTD VIDEO DOWNLOADER, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603
File: 61 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\USERS\PUBLIC\DESKTOP\YTD VIDEO DOWNLOADER.LNK, Quarantined, [2983], [588140],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\YTD Video Downloader\Uninstall.lnk, Quarantined, [2983], [588025],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\YTD Video Downloader\Web site.url, Quarantined, [2983], [588025],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\YTD Video Downloader\YTD Video Downloader.lnk, Quarantined, [2983], [588025],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res1025.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res1026.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res1029.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res1030.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res1031.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res1032.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res1033.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res1034.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res1035.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res1036.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res1038.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res1040.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res1043.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res1044.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res1045.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res1048.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res1049.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res1050.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res1051.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res1052.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res1053.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res1055.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res1059.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res1060.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res1061.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res2052.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res2070.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res2074.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Lang\res9999.ini, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\plugins\access\libfilesystem_plugin.dll, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\plugins\audio_filter\libaudio_format_plugin.dll, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\plugins\audio_filter\libtrivial_channel_mixer_plugin.dll, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\plugins\audio_filter\libugly_resampler_plugin.dll, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\plugins\audio_mixer\libfloat_mixer_plugin.dll, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\plugins\audio_mixer\libinteger_mixer_plugin.dll, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\plugins\audio_output\libdirectsound_plugin.dll, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\plugins\codec\libavcodec_plugin.dll, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\plugins\video_filter\libswscale_plugin.dll, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\plugins\video_output\libdirect3d_plugin.dll, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\plugins\video_output\libdrawable_plugin.dll, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\plugins\video_output\libvmem_plugin.dll, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\plugins\video_output\libwingdi_plugin.dll, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\COPYING.Apachev2, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\COPYING.LGPLv2, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\COPYING.LGPLv3, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\FFMPEG.EXE, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\librtmp.dll, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\libvlc.dll, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\libvlccore.dll, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\LICENSE, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\manual.bat, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\scripts.yds, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\Uninstall.exe, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\ytd.exe, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\PUBLIC\Desktop\YTD Video Downloader.lnk, Quarantined, [2983], [588100],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\USERS\{username}\DESKTOP\YTDSETUP.EXE, Quarantined, [2983], [588104],1.0.7603 PUP.Optional.YTDVideoDownloader, C:\USERS\{username}\DOWNLOADS\YTDSETUP.EXE, Quarantined, [2983], [588104],1.0.7603
Physical Sector: 0 (No malicious items detected)
WMI: 0 (No malicious items detected)
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Should users wish to keep this program and exclude it from being detected in future scans, they can add the program to the exclusions list. Here’s how to do it.
You may see these entries in FRST logs:
(GreenTree Applications SRL) C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\ytd.exe C:\Users\Public\Desktop\YTD Video Downloader.lnk C:\ProgramData\YTD Video Downloader C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\YTD Video Downloader C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree ApplicationsYTD Video Downloader 5.9.10 (HKLM-x32\...\{1a413f37-ed88-4fec-9666-5c48dc4b7bb7}) (Version: 5.9.10 - GreenTree Applications SRL) <==== ATTENTION () C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\libvlc.dll () C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\libvlccore.dll () C:\Program Files (x86)\GreenTree Applications\YTD Video Downloader\plugins\audio_output\libdirectsound_plugin.dll
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