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Spyware/AutoStartup

Alias: AutoStartup

Description: AutoStartup, or Autostarter monitors web pages you are visiting, counts how many times you visit and how long you are staying, sends information to controlling server and opend advertisements in pop-up windows. From the publisher agreement: AutoStartup collects certain types of non-personally identifiable information about individuals who are served ads by the Software. This information may include your Internet protocol (IP) address, your domain, your operating system, your browser version, type and language and your Internet Service Provider. Advertisements may be displayed of advertisers who pay a fee to AutoStartup and you may be provided with and/or redirected to content of other parties and/or links to other third party websites or content or offered the opportunity to download Software from third party Software vendors. WENKSDISDKJEILSOW.COM might be related to AutoStartup. AutoStartup is bundled with Grokster 1.7 and is mentioned in the User agreement.

Threat type:

Spyware - Spyware is any software application that gathers information from the user's PC and transmits it to the Spyware author (usually hackers, but sometimes corporations). The information is gathered and transmitted without the user's knowledge or consent. Spyware applications may steal sensitive corporate information and transmit it to competitors. Spyware also degrades PC performance and can consume huge amounts of bandwidth, especially on corporate servers.

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 Spyware/AutoStartup: Yes

Threat risk: High Risk

Very dangerous malware. Can log user's keyboard activity and take snapshots of the user's screen. Uses stealth installation and removal is very difficult. Category includes spyware programs, adware programs and trojans.

Symptoms:

Spyware/AutoStartup 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 Spyware/AutoStartup, you can clean your computer by downloading SpyNoMore now.

Running Process Signatures:
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File Signatures:
%WINDOWS%\ib.exe
%WINDOWS%\system\ast.exe
%WINDOWS%\ac.aut
%WINDOWS%\system32\ast.exe
%WINDOWS%\unast.exe

Registered Dll (Dynamic Link Library) Signatures:
N/A

Folder Signatures:
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Registry Signatures:
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SpyNoMore Collected Residual File Signatures:
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