Trackware.Marketdart

Behavior

Marketdart is an advertising company that primarily focuses on financial services. The Marketdart Trackware redirects all searches to ie.marketdart.com. There is evidence that Trackware.Marketdart can cause Web pages to be redirected, with the redirection rules contained in a file on their site at:
http:/ /www.marketdart.com/files/md.txt.

Note: Virus definitions dated prior to May 3, 2006 may detect this as Spyware.Marketdart.

Symptoms

One or more files is detected as Trackware.Marketdart.

Transmission

Marketdart IE plugin can be installed either through an ActiveX installer or manually.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version November 24, 2004
• Latest Rapid Release version June 14, 2008 revision 017
• Initial Daily Certified version November 24, 2004
• Latest Daily Certified version July 24, 2008 revision 024
• Initial Weekly Certified release date December 1, 2004

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