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AccesMembre |
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Parisvoyeur Dialer, Carpe Diem, Dialer.A... |
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| Type: |
ADWARE |
| Size: |
62475 Bytes |
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DETECTIONS
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| Date first seen: |
August 24, 2010 at 11:35 AM |
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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.
It affects productivity, preventing tasks from being carried out:
- In the affected computer: it displays pop-up windows.
AccesMembre uses the following propagation or distribution methods:
- Exploiting vulnerabilities with the intervention of the user: exploiting vulnerabilities in file formats or applications. To exploit them successfully it needs the intervention of the user: opening files, viewing malicious web pages, reading emails, etc.
- It is dropped or downloaded to the computer by other malware specimens, for example: Downloader.VNS.
It affects productivity, preventing tasks from being carried out:
- It displays pop-up windows.
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