Content
Adware-WhileUSurf
- Type
- Program
- SubType
- Adware
- Discovery Date
- 09/12/2005
- Minimum DAT
- 4579 (09/12/2005)
- Updated DAT
- 4629 (11/16/2005)
- Minimum Engine
- 5.1.00
- Description Added
- 09/12/2005
- Description Modified
- 11/16/2005 1:11 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.
See http://vil.nai.com/vil/DATReadme.asp for a list of Program detections added to the DATs.
See http://vil.nai.com/vil/pups/configuration.htm for information about how to enable, disable, and exclude detection of legitimately installed programs.
Summary:
This is not a virus or Trojan. It is a direct adware marketing application. Sometimes pop ups appear on browsing internet explorer.
Privacy :
EULA is displayed on installation.
Installation:
File name: wys3.exe
MD5Hash: c87bd045519e935c93705b1b78ab1597
After executing the application the important registry keys which get added are:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Uninstall\While You Surf - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
Current Version\Run "Spool"
Following files are added :
- c:\WINDOWS\system32\wys.dll
- c:\WINDOWS\system32\wys.exe
Aliases
Aliases
- Kaspersky: AdWare.Win32.WhileSurf.a
- Symantec: Adware.WhileUSurf