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PornoPlayer | |
Threat Level Damage Distribution |
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| Common name: | PornoPlayer |
| Technical name: | Adware/PornoPlayer |
| Threat level: | Medium |
| Alias: | Emediacodec, Zlob, |
| Type: | Adware |
| Effects: |
It displays pop-up messages when it runs, distracting users and affecting productivity.
It downloads files from several websites.
It spreads
, across the Internet.
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| Affected platforms:
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Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95 |
| First detected on: | May 30, 2007 |
| Detection updated on: | June 6, 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. It affects productivity, preventing tasks from being carried out: - In the affected computer:
it displays pop-up windows.
PornoPlayer accesses several websites to download files, which it then runs. These can be any type of file, although they are normally malware. PornoPlayer 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.
- Via Internet, exploiting remote vulnerabilities: attacking random IP addresses, in which it tries to insert a copy of itself by exploiting one or more vulnerabilities.
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