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Adware-2Search.dr

Type
Program
SubType
Dropper
Discovery Date
10/21/2005
Minimum DAT
4610 (10/21/2005)
Updated DAT
4610 (10/21/2005)
Minimum Engine
5.1.00
Description Added
10/21/2005
Description Modified
12/12/2005 1:03 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. Upon execution the application install itself as a browser helper object (BHO) in the internet explorer. While browsing, it contacts its controlling server (feeds2.2search.org) and other servers also such as funupload.com. It drops files which are detected as adware-2search. After executing the application, any arbitrary search performed in address bar is redirected to other sites such as newfreehost.com/404.html or 007gaurd.com/404/

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: up100.exe
MD5Hash: 0c2d423160d3e9d41b01316df4907529

Following folders are dropped upon executing the application:

  • C:\Program Files\2search
  • C:\Windows\system32\feeds

Following files are added in “C:\Program Files\2search”:

  • 2search.dll
  • get.exe
  • main.exe

Following registries are added:

  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\ {4508E20C-ACAD-11D2-9FC0-00550076E06F}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\GoogleCatch.clsIESpy
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\ {4508E20A-ACAD-11D2-9FC0-00550076E06F}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
    CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects \
    {4508E20C-ACAD-11D2-9FC0-00550076E06F}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
    CurrentVersion\Uninstall\2search

Aliases

Aliases

  • Adware.Win32.2Search : Kaspersky