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Adware-PalToolbar

Type
Program
SubType
Adware
Discovery Date
10/05/2005
Minimum DAT
4597 (10/05/2005)
Updated DAT
4602 (10/11/2005)
Minimum Engine
5.1.00
Description Added
10/05/2005
Description Modified
10/11/2005 5:29 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 a Trojan.
It is an adware application and may generate extra pop-up ads while using Internet Explorer. This kind of application generally comes bundled with another program, which usually discloses the fact that it is ad-supported

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 : PPal6Inst.exe
MD5Hash : a23ee1dcb5db14141dcda367af3aa3dd

File Name : PPCToolbar.dll
MD5Hash : 221a36687956ae7cd3b73dbf22d3e318

Upon execution of this adware application, an installation window appears as shown below:

A BHO entry is added in the explorer. A toolbar is installed (see red box below) and it also tries to make some connections with "home.peoplepc.com".

Following directory is added:

  • %PROGRAMFILES%\Peoplepc

Following files are added:

  • ppaluninst.exe
  • peoplepal.htm
  • peoplepc.ico

Following registry entries are added:

  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{A8FB8EB3-183B-4598-924D-86F0E5E37085}    displayname="PeoplePal Toolbar"
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{6AA8A6B0-CF85-4192-B71F-55297566D3CB}   displayname="IPPCToolbarBand"
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PeoplePC.Toolbar
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PeoplePC.Toolbar.1
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{994D628D-4D22-4DB9-B6DB-F7D9F1635817}
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\
    Toolbar\WebBrowser | "{A8FB8EB3-183B-4598-924D-86F0E5E37085}"
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\PeoplePC
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ISPInstaller
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PeoplePC
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\
    Toolbar | "{A8FB8EB3-183B-4598-924D-86F0E5E37085}"
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
    CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\
    {A8FB8EB3-183B-4598-924D-86F0E5E37085}"
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
    CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PeoplePC Toolbar   displayname="PeoplePC:PeoplePal Toolbar 6.2"

Network Impact

Additional overhead in bandwidth due to download of content.

Aliases

Aliases

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