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Characteristics

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Summary

This is not a virus or trojan. It is a direct-marketing adware application that generates extra pop-up advertisements while browsing the web.

Privacy

No license agreement is displayed during installation, although one could be displayed by another installer if bundled with another application.  No EULA or privacy policy related to the software could be found.

System Changes

File Name: a0014575.exe
MD5: 8b0cba98a91c2253130d82a43861b110

Upon execution following files are dropped in folder C:\WINDOWS

• bi.dll
• cbiprep.exe

Following regisrty entries are added :

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\BiDll.BiDllObj.1
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\
  {000006B1-19B5-414A-849F-2A3C64AE6939}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\
  {4534CD6B-59D6-43FD-864B-06A0D843444A}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\
  {690BCCB4-6B83-4203-AE77-038C116594EC}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\DBi
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
  CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\
  {000006B1-19B5-414A-849F-2A3C64AE6939}
  

It shows following advertisement  while browsing the web :

Network Impact

Additional overhead in bandwidth due to download of advertisements.

Removal

Aliases

Aliases

• Adware.BiSpy.a (Kaspersky Lab)