Name: AdGoblin Category: Browser Plug-in Alias: AdsinContext, AdGoblin.foontext Advice: Remove Risk: Moderate Risk Moderate threats may profile users online habits or broadcast data back to a server with 'opt-out' permission. In most cases this type of threat is more along the lines of commercial type adware that offer a premium service in exchange for tracking your user online performance. Description: AdGoblin is a browser helper object that displays pop-up windows in Internet Explorer. AdGoblin is a browser helper object that open pop-up windows. As all other browser helper objects AdGoblin starts along with Internet Explorer. The first thing AdGoblin will do is to start another process named iic*.exe, where * represent 0, 1, 2, or 3 characters. AdGoblinconnects to www.adsincontext.com, which is a clear sign of infection. AdGoblin.plathping is a variant of the AdGoblin adware. Connections to adserver.adsincontext.com is a sign of infection. AdGoblin is bundled with file sharing programs such as Grokster. Signatures: process: _ps_inst.exe: MD5 Hash: 9f36ca78a8dc471a355... process: duxdiag.exe: MD5 Hash: d78cebd3e34aa3c833b... process: iic3ba.exe: MD5 Hash: c2d243869408b71b1a2... process: plathping.exe: MD5 Hash: ... process: iicc6.exe: MD5 Hash: .. Type: Browser Plug-in - Adware is generally software that displays advertisements. Some advertisers may covertly install adware on your system and generate a stream of unsolicited advertisements that can clutter your desktop and affect your productivity. The advertisements may also contain pornographic or other material that you might find inappropriate. The extra processing required to track you or to display advertisements can tax your computer and hurt your system performance.