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Overview

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.

Characteristics:

This description is for many nondescript unaffiliated/uncategorized "Potentially Unwanted Program" components that have been received by McAfee Avert. The characteristics of such programs in terms of files/folders created, and any other actions performed can differ from one program to another.

The actions performed by a potentially unwanted program could include all or any of the following:

• Drop/Download other related/unrelated malware onto the machine
• Conceal the presence of itself thereby preventing its removal
• Inject its code into other legitimate processes
• Disable security software installed
• Alter settings of other applications like Internet Explorer
• Send personal information to third party sites without user's consent
• Display pop-up advertisments
• Allow remote administration of the machine by users other than the administrator
• Redirect Internet connections third part ISPs to secure additional connection charges for the third party
• Replace the Internet browser's homepage, modify search results
• Add toolbars, menu items, search bars to the Internet browser
• Modify's the machine's Layered Service Provider (LSP) to redirect websites and search results

Method of Infection

Potentially unwanted programs do not self-replicate. They spread manually, often under the premise that they are beneficial or wanted. They can either be stand alone applications, or come bundled along with other PUPs, Trojans or Rootkits.

Installation methods involve system or security exploitation, and unsuspecting users manually executing unknown programs.

Distribution channels include email, malicious or hacked web pages, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), peer-to-peer networks, etc.

Symptoms

Method of Infection

Removal

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

Variants

Variants

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Characteristics

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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.

Characteristics:

This description is for many nondescript unaffiliated/uncategorized "Potentially Unwanted Program" components that have been received by McAfee Avert. The characteristics of such programs in terms of files/folders created, and any other actions performed can differ from one program to another.

The actions performed by a potentially unwanted program could include all or any of the following:

• Drop/Download other related/unrelated malware onto the machine
• Conceal the presence of itself thereby preventing its removal
• Inject its code into other legitimate processes
• Disable security software installed
• Alter settings of other applications like Internet Explorer
• Send personal information to third party sites without user's consent
• Display pop-up advertisments
• Allow remote administration of the machine by users other than the administrator
• Redirect Internet connections third part ISPs to secure additional connection charges for the third party
• Replace the Internet browser's homepage, modify search results
• Add toolbars, menu items, search bars to the Internet browser
• Modify's the machine's Layered Service Provider (LSP) to redirect websites and search results

Method of Infection

Potentially unwanted programs do not self-replicate. They spread manually, often under the premise that they are beneficial or wanted. They can either be stand alone applications, or come bundled along with other PUPs, Trojans or Rootkits.

Installation methods involve system or security exploitation, and unsuspecting users manually executing unknown programs.

Distribution channels include email, malicious or hacked web pages, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), peer-to-peer networks, etc.

Symptoms

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Method of Infection

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Removal -

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

Variants

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N/A