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SmartAdware

Posted: March 28, 2006

It is an illegal advertising application that shows many commercial advertisements. SmartAdware doesn't spread by itself. It can get into the computer as a component of some ad-supported software. SmartAdware alters computer configuration, so it could start on every Windows startup and secretly run in background. Its main executable and other related files can be found in the default computer folder .

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 base.ini
    2 redbase.ini
    3 run.ini
    4 saw.exe
    5 smartadware.ini

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunsaw=%System%saw.exe
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