Name: BroadcastPC.B 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: BroadcastPC delivers interactive media, monitors Web use, and displays advertisements. BroadcastPC is a program that downloads movie and advertisement clips onto your computer at predetermined intervals. This adware can track your Internet browsing habits so that it can target a particular audience. The clips and advertisements can be displayed whether you are online or offline. The advertisements are downloaded prior to the scheduled playback time. Signs of a BroadcastPC infection include the bpc.exe process running in the task manager and from ICMP messages from a.flashpoint.pm. From the EULA: "BroadcastPC anonymously categorizes the interests of its users, based on Web browsing usage, in order to deliver Desktop Video that is more appealing to its users preferences. BroadcastPC simply matches available Desktop Video content with the browsing preferences of its users. No data is captured. All browsing preferences remain on the users desktop. These preferences are used to match available video presentations on the BroadcastPC servers. BroadcastPC assigns a Global Unique User ID to each BroadcastPC application in order to determine how many total active users exist within the userbase. BroadcastPC may: * Deliver high-definition Desktop Video to the computer screen. * Compare IP address information for Geo-targeting purposes. * Send multiple files to a BroadcastPC folder on the PC, present these files to the user and then remove these multimedia files for Digital Rights Management purposes. * Deliver accompanying HTML while or after the Desktop Video has played. * Deliver desktop icons and installation files on the computer that link to BroadcastPCs Desktop Video broadcasts and Ancillary Services to enhance and upgrade the experience. * Upgrade users with the BroadcastPC Auto-Update capability, thereby enhancing the user experience without the need for its users to reinstall or confirm the update process." Signatures: process: btv_1003.exe: MD5 Hash: 9b20598744a4af24297... process: bpcv2.exe: MD5 Hash: 11ebb01bc7ec7be1517... process: bpcv2.exe: MD5 Hash: 8b77a4feac7f54866be... process: bpcv2.exe: MD5 Hash: d2ae4a635c2efda3b22... process: bpcv2.exe: MD5 Hash: b49b13d0e86e12eb5dc... process: bpcv2.exe: MD5 Hash: ebe9dd4bdb7d2032a57... process: bpcv2.exe: MD5 Hash: dee927f9b1552a60331... process: bpcv2.exe: MD5 Hash: b3dd59a0aa064bb2c91... process: bpc2_re_inst.exe: MD5 Hash: 246acc327c833e8451c.. 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.