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Advware.Adstart.b

Posted: March 28, 2006

It is an illegal advertising application that secretly works in background and shows undesirable commercial information. Advware.Adstart.b shows advertisements in numerous pop-ups, web browser windows or toolbars. It can get into the computer from unsafe web sites. Some ad-supported softwares include it as a component. Advware.Adstart.b doesn't possess any serious threat to the computer security, but may severely violate user privacy.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 [system32]ehlzi.dll
    2 [system32]ehlzic.exe
    3 [system32]qrkyfc.exe

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionunehlzicHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionunqrkyfc
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