Name: AdRoar Category: Adware Advice: Remove Risk: Elevated Risk Elevated threats are usually threats that fall into the range of adware in which data about a user's habits are tracked and sent back to a server for analysis without your consent or knowledge. Description: AdRoar is an Internet Explorer browser helper object that displays pop-up windows. Some versions of Adware.AdRoar were created with a trial version of Borland Delphi software. After the trial period expires, you may see the following error message when the .dll is loaded: "This module was compiled with a trial version of Delphi. The trial period has expired.". Some versions of AdRoar also have an update process that runs at reboot. AdRoar downloads the ads from iads.adroar.com. Signatures: process: arupdate.exe: MD5 Hash: 5d899de35364c623f92... process: iep.exe: MD5 Hash: ee7ba71478453be54a1... process: cpr.exe: MD5 Hash: ... process: ARUpdate.exe: MD5 Hash: ... process: cpruninst.exe: MD5 Hash: ... process: arupdate.exe: MD5 Hash: f45e52554d022a757ba... process: arupdate.exe: MD5 Hash: 729466e281fb5c48a17.. Type: Adware - 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.