Tablacusapp

What is Tablacusapp?

According to our cybersecurity experts, Tablacusapp is a malicious application that falls into the category of Trojans. While this program may look legitimate from the outside, it has a Trojan component designed to modify your browser’s settings to who commercial ads while you browse the web. Therefore, it is recommended that you remove it before its shady ads could compromise your computer’s security because they could. There is no way to know if the ads are not misleading and safe to click. In the worst case scenario, however, they might redirect you to websites feature malware.test

What does Tablacusapp do?

Tablacusapp is installed on a PC as a regular application, and you can see its uninstaller in Control Panel. However, it has a Trojan component designed to hijack a browser’s shortcuts to launch a malicious executable that opens the browser and leads the users to an adware server. An adware server is designed to show ads that generate ad revenue with each click. As a result, browsing experience suffers because the ads can be intrusive and annoying. On top of that, the ads can be misleading and can redirect you to scam, phishing or clone websites that can collect information about you, try to extract money from you or inject your PC with spyware, ransomware, and so on. In short, the content that this Trojan’s promoted ads might subject you can be detrimental to your computer.

Where does Tablacusapp come from?

Our cyber security experts have concluded that Tablacusapp is most likely distributed using bundled software. It has been revealed that this program can be bundled with CpuZ and Hwmonitor which are should be distributed on freeware hosting websites. When you run the installer, it should install Tablacusapp by default. Thus, it might not ask or inform you about its installation. This application can be installed in %APPDATA%\HP*** or %APPDATA%\***App. There is some variety in the naming as our researchers have found that the folder can be named HPWombat, HPZebra, HPTiger; CpuzApp, KeePassApp or HwmonitorApp. This application can also be placed in %APPDATA%\TablacusApp*\TablacusApp* and the folders can also have a digit at the end of the name. On top of that, this application’s files can be placed in Program Files, but those files are legitimate. All of the safe files are dropped in the following locations.

  • C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\TablacusApp2\TablacusApp2\readme.txt
  • C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\TablacusApp2\TablacusApp2\Tablacus.exe
  • C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\TablacusApp2\TablacusApp2\TablacusApp.exe

The malicious file responsible for hijacking the browser shortcut is dropped in C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\TablacusApp2\TablacusApp.exe. It must also be noted that this application creates three registry keys to function. These keys are located in Windows Registry and include keys listed below.

  • HKCU\Software\TablacusApp
  • HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run || TablacusApp2
  • HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\TablacusApp

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run || TablacusApp2 in particular is the point of execution. This key ensures that this application is launched on system startup and will run in the background constantly. If do not want to see the ads that it shows, then you ought to delete this key and other keys while you are at it.

How do I remove Tablacusapp?

In closing, Tablacusapp is a malicious application dedicated to showing you ads after hijacking your browser’s shortcut. The ads can be annoying, intrusive and possibly dangerous. Therefore, you ought to remove this application as soon as you can. Please see the guide below which will guide you through the removal process.

Uninstall Tablacusapp from Control Panel

Windows 10

  1. Enter Control Panel in the search bar located on the Taskbar.
  2. Go to Uninstall a program.
  3. Find the application and Uninstall it.

Windows 8 and 8.1

  1. Right-click the Start Screen button.
  2. Go to Programs and Features.
  3. Find the application and right-click it.
  4. Click Uninstall.

Windows 7 and Vista

  1. Click Start.
  2. Select Control Panel.
  3. Click Uninstall a program.
  4. Find the application.
  5. Click Uninstall.

Windows XP

  1. Click Start and go to Control Panel.
  2. Go to Add or Remove Programs.
  3. Find the application and click Remove.

Delete the registry keys

  1. Hold down Window+R keys.
  2. Type regedit in the dialog box and hit Enter.
  3. Navigate to HKCU\Software
  4. Find TablacusApp, right-click it and click Delete.
  5. Navigate to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
  6. Find TablacusApp2, right-click it and click Delete.
  7. Lastly, navigate to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
  8. Find TablacusApp, right-click it and click Delete.
  9. Close the Registry Editor. 100% FREE spyware scan and
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Stop these Tablacusapp Processes:

Tablacus.exe
TablacusApp.exe
uninstaller.exe
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