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Adware-BestSearch

Type
Program
SubType
Adware
Discovery Date
03/29/2005
Minimum DAT
4360 (05/12/2004)
Updated DAT
4596 (10/04/2005)
Minimum Engine
5.1.00
Description Added
05/12/2004
Description Modified
06/13/2005 3:10 AM (PT)

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Characteristics

McAfee(R) AVERT™ recognizes that this program may have legitimate uses in contexts where an authorized administrator has knowingly installed this application. If you agreed to a license agreement for this, or another bundled application, you may have legal obligations with regard to removing this software, or using the host application without this software. Please contact the software vendor for further information.

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Summary:

This is not a virus or a Trojan.  Upon executing the application, no visible interface appears to indicate that some software is being installed. On executing the application, an URL “teens* ” gets added to the user’s favorite folder. It's a porn site and will lead to an adult webpage. Ads are displayed while browsing.

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 = "svchost.exe"
MD5Hash = 815d3c59b9a704f163751796bc581183

When the process is executed following registry entry is added :

  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
    Current Version\Run\ "svchost"

The following shortcut key is added to the user favorite’s folder :

  • File name=”teens*.url”
    MD5Hash = d49c97c89b02dacadfe96d2836d5ab7a


Aliases

Aliases

  • Troj_Startpage.A (Trend Micro)
  • Trojan.StartPage (Symantec)
  • Trojan.Win32.StartPage.hb (Kaspersky)