Adware/ClickTheButton

Alias: ClickTheButton

Description: Adware/ClickTheButton monitors visits of known shopping sites. Adware/ClickTheButton downloads parts of advertising pages when you visit a new web site. When a complete advertisement has arrived, it will be displayed, usually as a pop-up or pop-under window.

Threat type:

Adware - Adware is a software application which displays advertisements on your computer. Advertisements can be displayed through pop-up / pop-under windows, additional bars or toolbars, underlined links or buttons that appear on a computer screen. Adware applications include additional code that delivers the ads. Adware authors earn money when users click on those ads. Occasionally, adware includes code that tracks user's site visits and passes it to third parties without the user's permission or knowledge.

Advice: Remove This is a very high risk threat and should be removed immediately as to prevent harm to your computer or your privacy.

Detection:
SpyNoMore detects Adware/ClickTheButton: Yes

Threat risk: Medium Risk

Potentially dangerous malware. May collect sensitive user information and broadcast data back to a server with "opt-out" permission. Category includes most adware programs.

Symptoms:

Adware/ClickTheButton displays commercial advertisements.

Adware/ClickTheButton hides from the user and stays resident in background.

Adware/ClickTheButton Signature Details: The following information includes some of the standard signatures associated with this spyware threat. Please do not attempt to manually remove these items from your computer; Removing these items incorrectly or partially can cause your computer to experience critical errors, prevent your computer from restarting or cause loss of Internet connectivity. Should you be infected with Adware/ClickTheButton, you can clean your computer by downloading SpyNoMore now.

Running Process Signatures:
N/A

File Signatures:
N/A

Registered Dll (Dynamic Link Library) Signatures:
N/A

Folder Signatures:
N/A

Registry Signatures:
HKCR\clsid\{ab4dd0f0-38da-4f48-aafe-7de7323bb6b2}
HKLM\software\ctb_brandedclient

SpyNoMore Collected Residual File Signatures:
N/A

See Also:
Hijacker/AdultLinks
BHO/RAT/ASpam
Adware/Downloader/BrowserToolbar
Adware/BHO/Hijacker/Bulla
Adware/CashToolbar
BHO/Hijacker/Toolbar/CnsMin
RAT/ComLoad
Adware/BHO/Toolbar/Downloader-BT
BHO/Cytron
BHO/Toolbar/DailyWinner