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Category Description:
Program that delivers advertisements on your PC.
Note that many websites have their own advertising, unrelated to adware.
Adware is any software application in which advertising is displayed while the program is running. The authors of these applications include additional code that delivers the ads, which can be viewed through pop-up windows or through a bar that appears on a computer screen and sometimes through text links or in integrated search results. Adware may or may not track personal information. It may also gather information anonymously or in aggregate only. Users should check the EULA and Privacy policy to ensure if the adware on their machines conforms to their standards.
Official
Description:
Claims to perfom "precise consumer campaign targetting" based on "detailled vistor demographics". Installs a toolbar that (even when turned off!) shows advertisments in popups or overlapping existing banner advertising (in some case a change in the border of the ad can be seen when it loads). Also sends URLs when a search is done on a major search engine.
Comment:
Site is no longer valid, but still quite a lot of copies are floating around.
We have received reports that other adware is bundled with this application but have been unable to verify.
Information
URL:
http://www.musqkito.com/default.asp
Manual
removal:
From the registry, remove:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{418d301c-3b1f-a94b-1958-4aeeb3d65166}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{418d301c-3b1f-a94b-1958-4aeeb3d65166}
There might be an autostart entry named "MM_AD_IE".
Delete files called:
mm_ietoolbar.dll
mm_pop.ocx
These are usually found in the C:\Windows\ directory.
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