Updated: February 13, 2007 11:35:59 AM
Type: Adware
Risk Impact: High
File Names: Smss.exe
Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP
Behavior
Contacts a Web site to obtain and display advertising links.
Symptoms
Outgoing connections to advertisingvision.com.
- Existence of the folder, %Windir%\Configsys.
Transmission
Installed as a component by certain software packages.
Protection
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Initial Rapid Release version December 3, 2003
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Latest Rapid Release version April 14, 2008 revision 017
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Initial Daily Certified version December 3, 2003
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Latest Daily Certified version April 17, 2008 revision 001
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Initial Weekly Certified release date December 3, 2003
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