Do You Know That Spyware Nuker is a Malware itself?
(Writen By Sam - EduX
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Spyware Nuker is a malware itself
Hi everyone, this is Sam again. As you would have probably know
that this article could be marketing related or it could be
regarding Internet Business. But this time, i am going to write
something different. This article is meant to provide additional
information regarding a antispyware software name as Spyware
Nuker.
Did anyone buy this so call "antispyware software"? I hope not.
Because this software is actually a malware itself.
Let me give you a report by Symantec.
Ok... Here is the link :
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/adware.sp
ywarenuker.html
If you happen to dowwnload this program, you can remove them by
following the instructions in the above link which i have given
here.
Anyway, this is a summary report on this malware.
Summary
Behavior
Adware.SpywareNuker is an adware program that downloads
advertisements from a server and displays them on the system. It
has the ability track your Web browsing habits, and to download
new versions of the software with additional functionality
without user notification.
Note: May break Layered Service Provider(LSP) in Windows TCP/IP
leading to loss of networking capabilities.
Symptoms
Files on the system detected as Adware.SpywareNuker.
Computer attempts to connect to www.spywarenuker.com.
Transmission
This adware program has to be installed manually.
When the installation process is started,
SpywareNukerInstaller.exe attempts to connect to
spywarenuker.com to download SpyNukerSetup.exe, which is another
component of the setup program. This file is saved to C:\Program
Files\Trek Blue. When the download is complete this file is
executed.
By default, the program installs itself to C:\Program Files\Trek
Blue\Spyware Nuker, and then insert several files and subfolders
in this folder.
The program comes with a LSPFix executable that modifies Windows
TCP/IP setup. As a result of this modification, you may loose
network connectivity.
I hope this come useful to you all. Just in case if you wanted
to know if a certain program is a malware or virus, you may use
the search function ofr the symantec website. Just type the
program name and you will know if the security center sees them
as malware or not.
Just to provide all the information which i can give, you can
find the link for symantec website here:
http://www.symantec.com/index.htm
Article at:
http://www.edux.com.sg/newsletter/newsletter10_1.html
About the author:
Sam is a writer from EduX
Services - a web solution and internet marketing firm in
Singapore. He is committed to share information on Internet
Marketing, E-Commerce and PC protection to the rest.
Written by: Sam