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Adware-PigSearch.dr

Type
Program
SubType
Dropper
Discovery Date
02/20/2006
Minimum DAT
4701 (02/20/2006)
Updated DAT
4989 (03/21/2007)
Minimum Engine
5.1.00
Description Added
02/20/2006
Description Modified
05/26/2006 2:24 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.

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Summary:

This is not a virus or Trojan. It is an adware dropper. Upon execution, it drops files which are detected as Adware-PigSearch. The dropped files are responsible for installing a toolbox. While selecting text string on Internet Explorer, this toolbox appears and gives some options like copy, search and few more. For more information on the activity of the application, visit Adware-PigSearch.

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: Coolname.exe
MD5Hash: f0ec67798ee9bc1a6e8d3ddee9a522c4

Upon executing the application, following directories are created:

  • %Program Files%\wsearch
  • %Program Files%\wsearch\update

Following files are added in the directory %Program Files%\wsearch :

  • Mouse.dll
  • mUninstall.exe
  • mupdate.exe
  • Search.exe
  • SearchM.dll

Following registries are added:

  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\
    {594BE7B2-23B0-4FAE-A2B9-0C21CC1417CE}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\
    {A07E6B9B-BB30-4381-A9D8-FABB0648BCEF}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SearchM.Com
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SearchM.Com.1
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\
    {C5CE084B-31E0-4B34-A33A-82B4EA913CF8}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
    Uninstall\»®´ÊËÑË÷
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
    Run "MoveSearch"
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Pig Move Search

Aliases

Aliases

  • Adware.PigSearch (Symantec)
  • Adware.Win32.WSearch.a (Kaspersky)