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Adware-Lop
- Type
- Program
- SubType
- Adware
- Discovery Date
- 09/08/2004
- Minimum DAT
- 4299 (10/22/2003)
- Updated DAT
- 5306 (05/29/2008)
- Minimum Engine
- 5.1.00
- Description Added
- 04/21/2004
- Description Modified
- 10/06/2004 12:16 AM (PT)
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Characteristics
This is not a virus or trojan. It is a direct-marketing adware application. This application generates extra pop-up ads while using Internet Explorer. Many versions of this application exists and this description may not cover all.
This kind of application generally comes bundled with another program, which usually discloses the fact that it is ad-supported. Users agree to have the Adware installed in the license agreement, although they may not realise at first that this file was packaged with the product they installed.
However, this application is not known to come bundled with another program at the moment.
Installation
Upon execution the following Registry keys are added:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\tonspartlistfind
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\tonspartlistfind
\antetool
This application injects itself into Internet Explorer, and launches Internet Explorer in the background. It then connects to various URLs to retrieve information for display:
- ayb.lop.com
- d4308.upd.lop.com
- ayb.maximumexperience.com
- ayb.trinityacquisitions.com
- r25407.upd.lop.com
Users who would like to check for the presence of potentially unwanted programs on their system should run the command line scanner with the /PROGRAM switch.
Please note that VirusScan 7, and higher, has an option that enables users to detect this kind of program automatically (see below).
Aliases
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