Content

FastSearchWeb

Type
Program
SubType
Win32
Discovery Date
02/25/2005
Minimum DAT
4416 (12/22/2004)
Updated DAT
4682 (01/25/2006)
Minimum Engine
5.1.00
Description Added
12/22/2004
Description Modified
12/30/2005 10:30 AM (PT)

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Characteristics

McAfee(R) AVERT(tm) 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. It is detected as a potentially unwanted program.

This application is a toolbar application that integrates with Internet Explorer.



EULA:

EULA is not displayed during installation. 

Installation:

File:    Iecust.exe
Hash: 3ca5553e062dbbffb291070b6c7e77aa

System Changes:

Registry Changes

  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search "CustomizeSearch"
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search "Default_Search_URL"
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search "SearchAssistant"

Files Created in %SystemDir% folder

  • iecust.dll
  • menu.txt

NOTE: %SystemDir% is c:\windows\system32 by default in XP

Removal

Aliases

Aliases

    N/A