Hijacker/AdultLinks

Alias: AdultLinks

Description: Hijacker/AdultLinks resets your browser's settings to point to other sites. Hijacker/AdultLinks adds unwanted links to your browser, desktop and start menu.

Threat type:

Hijacker - A Hijacker is a software application that takes control of your browser's settings. Usually it changes your home page and redirects it to some unknown site or modifies your search settings. It prevents you from changing back your browser's settings. An infected browser usually operates much slower.

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 Hijacker/AdultLinks: 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:

Hijacker/AdultLinks displays commercial advertisements.

Hijacker/AdultLinks changes browser settings.

Hijacker/AdultLinks connects itself to the internet.

Hijacker/AdultLinks stays resident in background.

Hijacker/AdultLinks 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 Hijacker/AdultLinks, you can clean your computer by downloading SpyNoMore now.

Running Process Signatures:
N/A

File Signatures:
%WINDOWS%\start menu\adult links daily.url
%WINDOWS%\downloaded program files\allch.dll
%WINDOWS%\downloaded program files\nullctrl class
%WINDOWS%\downloaded program files\qcbar.dll

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

Folder Signatures:
%FAVORITES%\links\adultsearch
%FAVORITES%\adult links
%FAVORITES%\adultsearch
%FAVORITES%\links\adult links

Registry Signatures:


SpyNoMore Collected Residual File Signatures:
N/A

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