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Adware/Offer Companion

Alias: Offer Companion

Description: Adware/Offer Companion displays advertisements and causes broswer pop-ups. Adware/Offer Companion can track web usage and collect personal info.

Threat type:

Adware - Adware is a software application which displays advertisements on your computer. Advertisements can be displayed through pop-up / pop-under windows, additional bars or toolbars, underlined links or buttons that appear on a computer screen. Adware applications include additional code that delivers the ads. Adware authors earn money when users click on those ads. Occasionally, adware includes code that tracks user's site visits and passes it to third parties without the user's permission or knowledge.

Advice: Remove This is a very high risk threat and should be removed immediately as to prevent harm to your computer and / or to protect your privacy.

Detection:
SpyNoMore removes Adware/Offer Companion: Yes

Threat risk: Medium Risk

Potentially dangerous malware. May collect sensitive user information and broadcast data back to a server with "opt-out" permission. Category includes most adware programs.

Symptoms:

Adware/Offer Companion displays commercial advertisements.

Adware/Offer Companion causes browser popups.

Adware/Offer Companion tracks web usage and collects personal info.

Adware/Offer Companion hides from the user and stays resident in background.

Adware/Offer Companion Signature Details: The following information includes some of the standard signatures associated with this spyware threat. Please do not attempt to manually remove these items from your computer; Removing these items incorrectly or partially can cause your computer to experience critical errors, prevent your computer from restarting or cause loss of Internet connectivity. Should you be infected with Adware/Offer Companion, you can clean your computer by downloading SpyNoMore now.

Running Process Signatures:
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File Signatures:
%COMMON_PROGRAMS%\offer companion\offer companion.lnk

Registered Dll (Dynamic Link Library) Signatures:
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Folder Signatures:
%PROFILE%\start menu\programs\offer companion

Registry Signatures:
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SpyNoMore Collected Residual File Signatures:
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