Content
Adware-Look2Me
- Type
- Program
- SubType
- Adware
- Discovery Date
- 11/24/2003
- Length
- 327,680 bytes
- Minimum DAT
- 4307 (12/03/2003)
- Updated DAT
- 5560 (03/21/2009)
- Minimum Engine
- 5.1.00
- Description Added
- 12/10/2003
- Description Modified
- 12/10/2003 4:34 PM (PT)
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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
