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Details of Virus 123Search

All details, description and effects of 123Search

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Common names: 123Search
Technical names:
Alias: MsiBho, searchfu.net, Dialer.DB
   
Type: ADWARE
Size: 1024 Bytes
   

DETECTIONS
Number of sightings:
Date first seen: June 15, 2006 at 16:15 PM
Country first seen in:
Country last seen in:
   

Brief Description

Adware refers to programs that display advertising using any means: pop-ups, banners, changes to the browser home page or search page, etc. The advertisements could be associated with the products or services offered by the creator of the program or by third-parties.

Adware can be installed in a number of ways, on some occasions without users consent, and either with or without users knowledge of its function.

 

123Search does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs an attacking users intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc.

 

EFFECTS

123Search carries out the following actions:

  • 123Search displays advertising on the screen using any means: pop-ups, banners, changes to the browser home page or search page, etc. The advertisements could be associated to the products or services offered by the creator of the program or third-parties.

 

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