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Marketscore.InternetAccelerator Spyware/Adware Definition
| Name: |
Marketscore.InternetAccelerator |
| Category: |
Spyware |
| Alias: |
Marketscore Internet Accelerator, Marketscore Netsetter, OSSProxy |
| 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:
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MarketScore is a proxy service which claims to increase the speed of your internet connection. It runs at startup to ensure all your web connections are routed through MarketScore's proxies.
MarketScore is installed through ActiveX at MarketScore's site, heavily pushed by MarketScore affiliates.
Every web connection you make, including 'secure' connections, goes through the proxies and is logged and analysed on behalf of MarketScore's customer companies.
From the EULA:
"Marketscore provides you with a variety of services which enhance the performance of your existing Internet service.
In exchange for these services, you agree to
Allow Marketscore to collect and use information obtained from you and related to you and your Household's Internet use as described in this Agreement;
Allow Marketscore to combine the information that you provide with information such as credit or prescription information from third parties such as consumer preference reporting companies, credit reporting agencies, and prescription benefits managers, which is done using secure and confidential data matching procedures;
Provide complete and accurate information about yourself and your Household as requested during registration for the Marketscore Network, which you agree to update and/or confirm upon request by Marketscore, or when there is a change to this information and allow Marketscore to obtain contact information and basic demographic information about you from companies that help introduce our service to you, if such information is available;
Make reasonable efforts to configure all of the computers having Internet access that are used at home by anyone in your Household to use the Marketscore Network and, where allowed by company policy, on all such computers having Internet access that are used at work by anyone in your Household, and make reasonable efforts to insure that those who use such computers are aware of our service;
Accept Marketscore-provided software upgrades or changes to your system settings for the sole purpose of ensuring compatibility between your computer system and the Marketscore service and to receive administrative e-mails informing you about upgrades, disruptions to our service, or issues related to basic Marketscore functions; providing notification to prize winners, about special member opportunities; requesting updated demographic information or regarding your usage of the service and other issues;
Allow Marketscore to acquire basic configuration information about the computer connected to our network such as Internet connection speed, hard disk size, RAM and other information about the computer which we use to diagnose and improve the service and which we report to others in an anonymized form as part of our market research offerings;
Allow Marketscore to verify the accuracy of your e-mail address for purposes of inviting you to participate in surveys; and
Regularly visit and review the Agreement posted on the Marketscore website, so that you are aware of any changes made to the Agreement."
From the Privacy Policy:
"What information is collected?
During the initial registration process, we request certain information, such as name, address, e-mail address, and education, about you and other persons who live with you or have the same mailing address as you (collectively, we call this your "Household"). After you register, our network then collects additional information about your Household's Internet behavior, and that of any other computers used by members of your Household that you have configured to use the Marketscore Network and service. We collect certain basic har
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| Signatures:
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process: ossproxy.exe: MD5 Hash: c7f90589d50dc74e0e2...
process: ossproxy.exe: MD5 Hash: 13c6e1ed556320bae6a...
process: ossproxy.exe: MD5 Hash: 5f305181afa951ec021...
process: mksc.exe: MD5 Hash: 7abbbcda6767325df4d...
process: ossproxy.exe: MD5 Hash: 4f805bfd9422f073d09...
process: nsosscfg.exe: MD5 Hash: 6dc45b14503070fc805...
process: ossproxy.exe: MD5 Hash: 921ae8315deadcc2699...
process: rk.exe: MD5 Hash: e0d4db013bb2a5c930f...
process: rk.exe: MD5 Hash: 2b336b9d76a23617630...
process: mksc.exe: MD5 Hash: b83a2c331da2078440a...
process: mksc.exe: MD5 Hash: 27956ebd0e00e42397a...
process: mksc.exe: MD5 Hash: 9b44309b8cb641300d9...
process: mksc.exe: MD5 Hash: 430d253594f6a4bc122...
process: nscheck.exe: MD5 Hash: 85d932c3b637b099107...
process: ossproxy.exe: MD5 Hash: 92938d3cee8bb3e7c3e...
process: ossproxy.exe: MD5 Hash: b0553988ade900ff234...
process: ossproxy.exe: MD5 Hash: 8d6a2a93d6ecdf90ac7.. |
| Type: |
Spyware - Spyware's primary purpose is to collect demographic and usage information from your computer, usually for advertising purposes. Spyware usually that 'sneaks' onto a system or performs other activities hidden to the user. Spyware programs are usually bundled as a hidden component and downloaded from the Internet. These modules are almost always installed on the system secretively and try to run secretively as well. |
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