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WinTaskAd

Posted: March 28, 2006

WinTaskAd is a typical adware application that shows undesirable pop-up advertisements. It can secretly get into the computer from some malicious web sites. WinTaskAd drops its files into the default computer directory and alters the registry, so the threat could run on every OS startup.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 ide21201.vxd

Registry Modifications

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