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PUA.Madcodehook

Posted: September 8, 2009

PUA.Madcodehook is an example of a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA) that some experts refer to as a form of adware. PUA.Madcodehook often comes bundled with freeware programs such as messengers, alerts, weather reports, etc. Once active, PUA.Madcodehook becomes responsible for the numerous annoying pop-up advertisements that plague your PC.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 MADCHOOK.DLL
    2 pctsAuxs.exe

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesPC Tools Auxiliary ServiceRUNNING PROGRAMexplorer.exeRUNNING PROGRAMwinlogon.exe
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