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WinLink

Posted: March 28, 2006

WinLink can secretly get into the computer from several malicious web sites or come along with free ad-supported software. Its main task is to serve commercial advertisements to user desktop or within related application. WinLink modifies essential computer and, sometimes, browser settings without asking for user permission, so the adware could start automatically on every Windows startup and work hidden in background. WinLink doesn't compromise computer security, but obstructs usual web surfing and may violate user privacy by tracking his Internet activity.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 lcorpuwcsuitewinlink
    2 lcorpuwcsuitewinlinkwinlink.chm
    3 lcorpuwcsuitewinlinkwinlink.dll
    4 lcorpuwcsuitewinlinkwinlink.exe
    5 lcorpuwcsuitewinlinkwlcopy.exe
    6 lcorpuwcsuitewinlinkwlsetup.exe
    7 -readme.txt
    8 2001.lnk
    9 2001.txt
    10 2001createsetupdiskforanothercomputer.lnk
    11 2001uninstallwinlink2001.lnk
    12 2001winlink2001.lnk
    13 [commonprograms]winlink
    14 [desktop]winlink
    15 [systemroot]system32driverswinlink.sys
    16 [systemroot]system32winlink.vxd
    17 emove.exe
    18 help
    19 remove.log
    20 winlink

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionuninstallwinlink2001trialeditiondisplaynameHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEsoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionuninstallwinlink2001trialeditionuninstallstring
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