Archive for the ‘Adware’ Category

  • 3D Flying Icons

    Sunday, October 12th, 2008

    3D Flying Icons is an adware bundler application. An adware bundler is a downloadable program that is typically “freeware” because it is bundled with advertising software. These adware display popups and other forms of advertisements and generate revenue to compensate for the “free” nature of these applications.
    Files related to 3D Flying Icons:

    3D Flying Icons.scr

    Related Registry [...]

  • Spyware or Adware infested P2P clients

    Thursday, October 9th, 2008

    There are many good peer-to-peer clients on the Internet. Many of these and free and many of them are also open source projects. However, there are certain p2p clients that contain adware or spyware. These clients should be avoided by all means if you want to keep your system clean.
    Here is a list of p2p [...]

  • Adware.Netpumper.A

    Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

    Adware.Netpumper.A is a high risk adware application that infects the user’s computer and displays unsolicited advertisements.
    Adware.Netpump.A is also known as Adware.Win32.Netpumper.A or simply as Netpumper.
    Files associated with Netpumper:

    NetPumperIEProxy.exe
    NP_0001_1.exe
    NetPumper.exe
    NetPumperIEProxy.exe
    NetPumperNNProxy.dll
    NPNetPumper_Application.dll
    NPNetPumper_Audio.dll
    shutdown.exe
    ALPluginIE-1.0.2.2-setup.exe
    ALPlugin-setup.exe

    Most security software like Norton, BitDefender, SpywareTerminator, etc. detect Netpumper as a potential security threat. Install one of them and perform a complete system scan to remove this [...]

  • 2M Free Tetris: Adware

    Friday, September 19th, 2008

    2M Free Tetris is an adware program. An adware is an application that displays advertisements to the user in return for services. Often, these advertisements are obstructive and unsolicited.
    File(s) related to 2M Free Tetris:

    NHInstaller_ka.exe
    5knoikz.exe
    d10.exe
    istinstall_153191.exe
    whCC-2MGAMES.exe

    2M Free Tetris creates the following registry entries:

    HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\2M Free Tetris

    Website(s) related to 2M Free Tetris:

    hxxp://www.2mgames.com

    If you [...]

  • 3D Valentine Hearts

    Saturday, September 13th, 2008

    3D Valentine Hearts is an adware program. Adware programs display advertisements to the user. Often these advertisements are excessive and unsolicited.
    If you have installed 3D Valentine Hearts, please uninstall it and scan your computer with a suitable antivirus (like Norton, Avira or AVG). Also scan your computer for spyware using SpywareTerminator.
    3D Valentine Hearts is also [...]

  • Tips to keep adware and spyware away

    Saturday, September 6th, 2008

    If you use the Internet regularly, the chances are that you will definitely get infected with adware and spyware. Here are some tips to keep your computer safe from adware and spyware:

    Stay away from adult sites and sites related to warez, cracked software, etc.: Most adware and spyware programs spread through these sites. They use [...]