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Characteristics

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Summary:

This is not a virus or Trojan. It is a direct adware marketing application. Upon execution it adds a toolbar in the Internet Explorer. This toolbar provides links to various advertising sites. It also drops a Browser Helper Object (BHO).

Privacy:

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

Installation:

File Name: aprload.exe
MD5Hash: f75a4a12eec6b32c422e79c95186aa67
 
File Name: load.exe
MD5Hash: 5650fe60a7b177d6477fc26f8bb8843a
 
File Name: pop205.dll
MD5Hash: 3eccbc63e9be653755791870d7a74583
 
File Name: pop225.dll
MD5Hash: 77760e4b68becc029f5d85010cfb8669
 
File Name: pophook4.dll
MD5Hash: aec320169aee69734c1ef6b26ae0b2f0
 
File Name: PopSrv225.exe
MD5Hash: 719b557036262b27c08eb35041700f38

On the execution of the application, a toolbar is installed as shown below.

Following registry keys are added:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D5580D6F-0E5F-4BDB-
  9CDF-F8EE68BEB008}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{ADF572FB-7264-45DB-
  08AD-618CA311082A}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{8023A3E7-AB95-4C23-
  8313-0BE9842CC70E}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{65C8C1F5-230E-4DC9-
  9A0D-F3159A5E7778}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FD3BC-C314-4F7A-
  9D2E-64D62A0FDD78}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
  CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{65C8C1F5-
  230E-4DC9-9A0D-F3159A5E7778}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
  Explorer\Toolbar | "645FD3BC-C314-4F7A-9D2E-
  64D62A0FDD78"
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
  CurrentVersion\Run | "AutoLoaderAproposClient"
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
  Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser | "645FD3BC-C314-4F7A-9D2E-
  64D62A0FDD78"

Removal

Aliases

Aliases

• Adware.ApropoAd.A - Softwin
• Spyware.Apropos- Symantec