Adware/Porn Popups

Alias: Porn Popups

Description: Adware/Porn Popups displays advertisements mostly from different porn sites.

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/Porn Popups: 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/Porn Popups causes browser popups.

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

Adware/Porn Popups 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/Porn Popups, you can clean your computer by downloading SpyNoMore now.

Running Process Signatures:
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File Signatures:
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Registered Dll (Dynamic Link Library) Signatures:
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Folder Signatures:
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Registry Signatures:
HKCR\clsid\{00000000-8633-1405-0b53-2c8830e9faec}

SpyNoMore Collected Residual File Signatures:
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See Also:
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Backdoor/RAT/Wardoor.106
Backdoor/RAT/VB.fp
Backdoor/RAT/VB.my
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Adware/Toolbar/SearchAndBrowse
Dialer/PluginAccess
Hijacker/Gigex SpeedDelivery
Adware/BHO/TPS108
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