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Adware-Ezula

Type
Program
SubType
Spam
Discovery Date
05/27/2003
Length
184,494 bytes
Minimum DAT
4267 (05/28/2003)
Updated DAT
5576 (04/06/2009)
Minimum Engine
5.1.00
Description Added
05/30/2003
Description Modified
05/30/2003 2:11 AM (PT)
Risk Assessment
Corporate User
N/A
Home User
N/A

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Characteristics

This detection is of application type for "potentially unwanted applications”, it is not a virus.

This application modifies the links of web pages that users view, and inserts its own advertisers' hyperlinks within the content of the web pages. It often comes bundled with other software.
When a user installs certain freeware programs this application may be included as part of the download.

Users who would like to check for the presence of this program on their system should run the command line scanner with the /PROGRAM switch.
Please note that VirusScan 7 has an option, which enables users to detect this kind of program automatically.

Symptoms

N/A This is not a virus.

Method of Infection

N/A This is not a virus.

Variants

Variants

    N/A

All Information

Overview -

This is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) detection. It is not a virus or trojan. PUPs are any piece of software which a reasonably security-or privacy-minded computer user may want to be informed of.

Characteristics

Characteristics -

This detection is of application type for "potentially unwanted applications”, it is not a virus.

This application modifies the links of web pages that users view, and inserts its own advertisers' hyperlinks within the content of the web pages. It often comes bundled with other software.
When a user installs certain freeware programs this application may be included as part of the download.

Users who would like to check for the presence of this program on their system should run the command line scanner with the /PROGRAM switch.
Please note that VirusScan 7 has an option, which enables users to detect this kind of program automatically.

Symptoms

Symptoms -

N/A This is not a virus.

Method of Infection

Method of Infection -

N/A This is not a virus.

Removal -

Removal -

Instructions on Enabling/Disabling Detection and Removal of Potentially Unwanted Programs

Variants

Variants -

    N/A