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Altnet P2P Networking Adware Information
| Name: |
Altnet P2P Networking |
| Category: |
Adware |
| Alias: |
- Alias: Total Velocity zSearch, zSearch Toolbar |
| Advice: |
Remove |
| Risk: |
Elevated Risk
Elevated threats are usually threats that fall into the range of adware in which data about a user's habits are tracked and sent back to a server for analysis without your consent or knowledge. |
| Description:
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P2P Networking is a component that enables other applications to use adware based Peer-to-Peer functionality.
P2P Networking is bundled with Kazaa v2.5.2 but is not required for its operation. P2P Networking is a resource hog, stealing bandwidth, memory and hard disk space.
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| Signatures:
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process: p2p networking.exe: MD5 Hash: 53df79b41a765c17797...
process: p2pnetworking.exe: MD5 Hash: ...
process: p2p networking.exe: MD5 Hash: ...
process: p2p networking.exe: MD5 Hash: 86a437a78799b388238...
process: p2psetup.exe: MD5 Hash: e1d143c28bb5119ca6b...
process: p2p networking.exe: MD5 Hash: b6f160e54a837bb3a1f...
process: p2p networking.exe: MD5 Hash: e1d143c28bb5119ca6b...
process: p2p networking.exe: MD5 Hash: ...
process: p2pnetworking.exe: MD5 Hash: .. |
| Type: |
Adware - Adware is generally software that displays advertisements. Some advertisers may covertly install adware on your system and generate a stream of unsolicited advertisements that can clutter your desktop and affect your productivity. The advertisements may also contain pornographic or other material that you might find inappropriate. The extra processing required to track you or to display advertisements can tax your computer and hurt your system performance. |
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