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SubSearch Adware Information
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SubSearch |
| Category: |
Adware |
| 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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SubSearch is an Internet Explorer Browser Helper Object. It detects when you are using a search engine, and opens its own 'enhanced results' sidebar containing paid links.
SubSearch is designed to act as a search page replacement to deliver targeted advertisements to its users based on search queries and URLs visited. There are multiple versions of this program.
SubSearch detects when you are using a search engine, and opens its own 'enhanced results' sidebar containing paid links. This is styled to look a bit like the search engine you are using at the time. SubSearch is styled to look a bit like the search engine you are using at the time.
Installed by ActiveX drive-by download in pop-up adverts sourced from Adscholar.
Later versions are installed by earlier variants through an update feature.
The following websites are associated with this program:
http://www.popunder.info
http://www.cpcads.com
http://www.top-search.com
http://www.fastfind.org
http://partner.ah-ha.com
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| Signatures:
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process: ieservice.exe: MD5 Hash: ...
process: v28.exe: MD5 Hash: ...
process: ieservice.exe: MD5 Hash: ...
process: v28.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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