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Hi-Wire

Posted: March 28, 2006

Hi-Wire is a parasitic adware application, which shows unwanted advertisements in your web browser or within its host software. It can be secretly installed by some ad-supported software or malicious web sites.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 [system root]downloadedprogram
    2 downlo~1hwmedia.exe
    3 fileshwmedia.exe
    4 fileshwreal.exe
    5 hiwire.inf
    6 hwaudio.dll
    7 hwmedia.exe
    8 hwreal.exe
    9 hwutils.dll

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTadagent.advertisementagentHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionshareddllsc:windowsdownloadedprogramfileshwutils.dll
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