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Adware-BitLocker

Type
Program
SubType
Adware
Discovery Date
03/08/2006
Length
Minimum DAT
4714 (03/09/2006)
Updated DAT
5715 (08/20/2009)
Minimum Engine
5.1.00
Description Added
03/08/2006
Description Modified
03/08/2006 7:07 PM (PT)
Risk Assessment
Corporate User
N/A
Home User
N/A

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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:

It is not a virus or Trojan. It is a direct Adware marketing application. During the installation no EULA or privacy policy is displayed. The application creates a BHO to download various other adwares from the site www.trafficsector.com. As soon as Internet Explorer is launched the BHO will contact trafficsector.com and pops-stop.com to download Adware-EZula and AdwareSafeSurf . It also downloads Adware-PornKings .

Privacy:

License agreement is not displayed during installation. The EULA can be found at

Registry

The following registry keys are created:

  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\clsid\{10049d2a-2965-4e4f
    -8c7e-cb33ad95feb7}\
    progid="ONONE.Thegimp.1"
    versionindependentprogid="ONONE.Thegimp"
    typelib="{82910CE3-D86A-435a-A519
    -6A8C369855D3}"
    inprocserver32="%FilePath%\nsbCA3.dll"
    inprocserver32\threadingmodel="Apartment"
  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\clsid\{10049d2a-2965-4e4f
    -8c7e-cb33ad95feb7}="The Gimp"
  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\clsid\{01eb5130-fc0c-4d75
    -b9ce-4801b1b854f5}= "bitlocker"
    inprocserver32="%FilePath%\nsbCA3.dll"
    typelib="{82910CE3-D86A-435a-A519-6A8C369855D3}"
    progid="Le.Toy24.1"
    versionindependentprogid="Le.Toy24"
    inprocserver32\threadingmodel="Apartment"
  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\le.toy24="bitlocker"
  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\le.toy24\curver="Le.Toy24.1"
  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\le.toy24\clsid="{01EB5130
    -FC0C-4d75-B9CE-4801B1B854F5}"
  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\le.toy24.1\clsid="{01EB5130
    -FC0C-4d75-B9CE-4801B1B854F5}"
  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\le.toy24.1="bitlocker"
  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\
    onone.thegimp="The Gimp"
    onone.thegimp.1="The Gimp"
    onone.thegimp.1\clsid
    ="{10049D2A-2965-4e4f-8C7E-CB33AD95FEB7}"
    onone.thegimp\clsid
    ="{10049D2A-2965-4e4f-8C7E-CB33AD95FEB7}"
    curver
    ="ONONE.Thegimp.1"
  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\interface\{994a0535-b09c-4d1c
    -aa4a-2f76002349b1}\
    proxystubclsid32="{00020424-0000-0000-C000
    -000000000046}"
    typelib\version="id"
    typelib="{82910CE3-D86A-435A-A519
    -6A8C369855D3}"
    proxystubclsid="{00020424-0000-0000-C000
    -000000000046}"
  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\interface\{994a0535-b09c-4d1c
    -aa4a-2f76002349b1}="IAdware"
  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\interface\{0fd6420a-f789-40ae
    -b921-3983f84e074e}\proxystubclsid="{00020424-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
    proxystubclsid32="{00020424-0000-0000-C000
    -000000000046}"
    typelib="{82910CE3-D86A-435A-A519
    -6A8C369855D3}"
    typelib\version="id"
  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\interface\{0fd6420a-f789-40ae
    -b921-3983f84e074e}="IHider"
  • hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion
    \explorer\browser helper objects\{01eb5130-fc0c-4d75-b9ce
    -4801b1b854f5}
  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\typelib\{82910ce3-d86a-435a
    -a519-6a8c369855d3}\1.0\flags="48"
    \0\win32="%FilePath%\nsbCA3.dll"
    helpdir="%FilePath%\"
    1.0="BHOLib"

Symptoms

N/A This is not a virus or Trojan

Method of Infection

N/A This is not a virus or Trojan

Variants

Variants

    N/A

All Information

Overview -

This is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) detection. It is not a virus or trojan. PUPs are any piece of software which a reasonably security-or privacy-minded computer user may want to be informed of.

Characteristics

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:

It is not a virus or Trojan. It is a direct Adware marketing application. During the installation no EULA or privacy policy is displayed. The application creates a BHO to download various other adwares from the site www.trafficsector.com. As soon as Internet Explorer is launched the BHO will contact trafficsector.com and pops-stop.com to download Adware-EZula and AdwareSafeSurf . It also downloads Adware-PornKings .

Privacy:

License agreement is not displayed during installation. The EULA can be found at

Registry

The following registry keys are created:

  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\clsid\{10049d2a-2965-4e4f
    -8c7e-cb33ad95feb7}\
    progid="ONONE.Thegimp.1"
    versionindependentprogid="ONONE.Thegimp"
    typelib="{82910CE3-D86A-435a-A519
    -6A8C369855D3}"
    inprocserver32="%FilePath%\nsbCA3.dll"
    inprocserver32\threadingmodel="Apartment"
  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\clsid\{10049d2a-2965-4e4f
    -8c7e-cb33ad95feb7}="The Gimp"
  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\clsid\{01eb5130-fc0c-4d75
    -b9ce-4801b1b854f5}= "bitlocker"
    inprocserver32="%FilePath%\nsbCA3.dll"
    typelib="{82910CE3-D86A-435a-A519-6A8C369855D3}"
    progid="Le.Toy24.1"
    versionindependentprogid="Le.Toy24"
    inprocserver32\threadingmodel="Apartment"
  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\le.toy24="bitlocker"
  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\le.toy24\curver="Le.Toy24.1"
  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\le.toy24\clsid="{01EB5130
    -FC0C-4d75-B9CE-4801B1B854F5}"
  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\le.toy24.1\clsid="{01EB5130
    -FC0C-4d75-B9CE-4801B1B854F5}"
  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\le.toy24.1="bitlocker"
  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\
    onone.thegimp="The Gimp"
    onone.thegimp.1="The Gimp"
    onone.thegimp.1\clsid
    ="{10049D2A-2965-4e4f-8C7E-CB33AD95FEB7}"
    onone.thegimp\clsid
    ="{10049D2A-2965-4e4f-8C7E-CB33AD95FEB7}"
    curver
    ="ONONE.Thegimp.1"
  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\interface\{994a0535-b09c-4d1c
    -aa4a-2f76002349b1}\
    proxystubclsid32="{00020424-0000-0000-C000
    -000000000046}"
    typelib\version="id"
    typelib="{82910CE3-D86A-435A-A519
    -6A8C369855D3}"
    proxystubclsid="{00020424-0000-0000-C000
    -000000000046}"
  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\interface\{994a0535-b09c-4d1c
    -aa4a-2f76002349b1}="IAdware"
  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\interface\{0fd6420a-f789-40ae
    -b921-3983f84e074e}\proxystubclsid="{00020424-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
    proxystubclsid32="{00020424-0000-0000-C000
    -000000000046}"
    typelib="{82910CE3-D86A-435A-A519
    -6A8C369855D3}"
    typelib\version="id"
  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\interface\{0fd6420a-f789-40ae
    -b921-3983f84e074e}="IHider"
  • hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion
    \explorer\browser helper objects\{01eb5130-fc0c-4d75-b9ce
    -4801b1b854f5}
  • hkey_local_machine\software\classes\typelib\{82910ce3-d86a-435a
    -a519-6a8c369855d3}\1.0\flags="48"
    \0\win32="%FilePath%\nsbCA3.dll"
    helpdir="%FilePath%\"
    1.0="BHOLib"

Symptoms

Symptoms -

N/A This is not a virus or Trojan

Method of Infection

Method of Infection -

N/A This is not a virus or Trojan

Removal -

Removal -

Instructions on Enabling/Disabling Detection and Removal of Potentially Unwanted Programs

Variants

Variants -

    N/A