Name: TurboDownload Category: Adware Alias: IEDriver, PopUp Killer, Verticity 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: IEDriver also known as TurboDownloadand PopUp Killer, downloads and displays advertisements. It displays contextual advertising to the end user, installs software and services and self-updates silently. TurboDownload is bundled with a program called URLBlaze and can also be distributed through any one of their affiliate sites: MP3 MTV, MP3 Media World, and Clustone. It is downloaded from the company website and installed on the users home computer. It is displayed on your PC based on a profile it builds about your surfing habits. This means that it collects information from your computer while you browse the internet. It can also detect events, create windows to display additional information on a viewed page, monitor messages and actions. This program even offers the following information about its purpose on your computer, including installing programs without your consent and silently self -updating. There are many exploits of this technology which search all pages you view in IE and replace banner advertisements with other ads, monitor and report on your actions, etc. To display an advertisement to a user the program matches the keywords entered with an advertiser. The site that is visited and the keywords that are entered can be tracked with cookies. Further, there is no privacy policy on the URL Blaze site, explaining the further use and/or distribution of the information that they collect although it does state some of the other less desirable traits in the EULA. Signatures: process: setup_td.exe: MD5 Hash: ... process: iedriver.exe: MD5 Hash: ... process: ieupdate.exe: MD5 Hash: ... process: Td.exe: MD5 Hash: ... process: 3.exe: MD5 Hash: ... process: 5.exe: MD5 Hash: ... process: IEDRIVER.EXE: MD5 Hash: ... process: terrabyte.exe: MD5 Hash: bdc37630860b3140b31... process: maxspeed.exe: MD5 Hash: 590d02f397e85852193... process: ms.exe: MD5 Hash: 7c3c43185ded472d13f... process: dp-him.exe: MD5 Hash: 8c1d147829cef16f773.. 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.