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IconAds | |
Threat Level Damage Distribution |
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| Common name: | IconAds |
| Technical name: | Adware/IconAds |
| Threat level: | Medium |
| Alias: | iconads.biz, icondropper, |
| Type: | Spyware |
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Subtype:
| Adware |
| Effects: |
It collects information on Internet usage and the applications installed in the computer and uses it to display pop-up advertisements.
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| Affected platforms:
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Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95 |
| First detected on: | June 7, 2006 |
| Detection updated on: | Nov. 12, 2007 |
| Statistics | No |
Proactive protection: | Yes, using TruPrevent Technologies
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Brief Description | |
Adware refers to programs that display advertising using any means: pop-ups, banners, changes to the browser home page or search page, etc. The advertisements could be associated with the products or services offered by the creator of the program or by third-parties. Adware can be installed in a number of ways, on some occasions without users' consent, and either with or without users' knowledge of its function. IconAds uses the following propagation or distribution methods: - Exploiting vulnerabilities with the intervention of the user: exploiting vulnerabilities in file formats or applications. To exploit them successfully it needs the intervention of the user: opening files, viewing malicious web pages, reading emails, etc.
- It is dropped or downloaded to the computer by other malware specimens, for example: Downloader.KQC.
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