Hijacker/I-Lookup.Absnro

Alias: I-Lookup.Absnro

Description: Hijacker/I-Lookup.Absnro is an IE toolbar with a search box and link buttons. It also adds bookmarks to the Favorites menu and hijacks the homepage and Search bar. Hijacker/I-Lookup.Absnro also adds targeted pop-up ads especially porn pop-up ads to the Desktop.

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/I-Lookup.Absnro: 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/I-Lookup.Absnro changes browser settings.

Hijacker/I-Lookup.Absnro displays commercial advertisements.

Hijacker/I-Lookup.Absnro may cause computer errors.

Hijacker/I-Lookup.Absnro connects itself to the internet.

Hijacker/I-Lookup.Absnro hides from the user and stays resident in background.

Hijacker/I-Lookup.Absnro 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/I-Lookup.Absnro, you can clean your computer by downloading SpyNoMore now.

Running Process Signatures:
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File Signatures:
%WINDOWS%\system\absnro.dll
%WINDOWS%\system32\absnro.dll

Registered Dll (Dynamic Link Library) Signatures:
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Folder Signatures:
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Registry Signatures:
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SpyNoMore Collected Residual File Signatures:
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See Also:
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Trojan/Backdoor/RAT/CyberJack.101
Hacker Tool/CyberSpy FTP
RAT/Cyn 2.2
Hijacker/I-Lookup.WinDec32
BHO/MyGeek.dll
BHO/HH.DLL
BHO/BPV1a.dll
RAT/D86asm