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Friday, 10 October 2008       

iLookup Spyware/Adware Definition


Name: iLookup
Category: Browser Hijacker
Alias: i-Lookup/GlobalWebSearch, ILookup, SearchBus, TrafficHog, SpiderSearch, I-Lookup.com
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: iLookup is a homepage hijacking program that change the IE homepage and search pages resulting in many pop-up ads.

It will also add bookmarks to the Favorites menu in IE and in most cases a toolbar as well. It is run by a company called Aztec Marketing SA in San Jose, Costa Rica. I-Lookup also may set the homepage to globalwebsearch.com in some versions.

Signatures: process: install.exe: MD5 Hash: ... process: ttil.exe: MD5 Hash: ... process: bundler_mpb_sb.exe: MD5 Hash: ..
Type: Browser Hijacker - 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.


Top Browser Hijacker Visited Pages:
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Adw.SearchFast.Toolbar
Adw.SystemExplorer
Adware.24t
Americlicks
AproposMedia

 


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