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Characteristics

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This is not a virus or trojan. It is a direct-marketing adware application. This application generates advertisements while connected to the Internet.

This application comes bundled with many other programs, which usually discloses the fact that it is ad-supported.  Users agree to have the Adware installed in the license agreement, although they may not realize at first that this file was packaged with the product they installed.

Installation:
Exact filenames and installation locations may vary from version to version.  This description is simply meant as a guide.

Upon installation of the program, registry keys are created:

    * HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\optserve.Main
    * HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\optserve.Main\Clsid

Adware-OptServe contains 2 main components:

%WinDir%\system32\optserve.dll - Size: 193,856 bytes
%WinDir%\system32\optserve.exe - Size: 30,264 bytes

Adware-OptServe downloads updates of itself from the following domains:

    * actm.optlynx.com
    * itc.optlynx.com

It periodically contacts the above domains. At the time of writing this vil no data was sent to or returned from the domains.

Removal

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