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Adware-Look2Me

Type
Program
SubType
Adware
Discovery Date
11/24/2003
Length
327,680 bytes
Minimum DAT
4307 (12/03/2003)
Updated DAT
5377 (09/04/2008)
Minimum Engine
5.1.00
Description Added
12/10/2003
Description Modified
12/10/2003 4:34 PM (PT)
Risk Assessment
Corporate User
N/A
Home User
N/A

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Characteristics

This is not a virus or trojan. It is a direct-marketing adware application. This application monitors internet surfing habits in a variety of different browser software, to personalize ad content.

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.

The filename known to be involved with this application is:

  • MSG{********-****-****-****-************}****.DLL (327,680 bytes)
    Where the asterisks represent a random letter/number combination

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).

Symptoms

N/A This is not a virus or trojan

Method of Infection

N/A This is not a virus or trojan

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 is not a virus or trojan. It is a direct-marketing adware application. This application monitors internet surfing habits in a variety of different browser software, to personalize ad content.

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.

The filename known to be involved with this application is:

  • MSG{********-****-****-****-************}****.DLL (327,680 bytes)
    Where the asterisks represent a random letter/number combination

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).

Symptoms

Symptoms -

N/A This is not a virus or trojan

Method of Infection

Method of Infection -

N/A This is not a virus or trojan

Removal -

Removal -

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

Variants

Variants -

    N/A