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Spyware Information |
| Name: |
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ClickTheButton |
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| Category: |
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Adware |
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Spyware Characteristics |
| Description: |
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ClickTheButton
is described as a price comparison service.
It detects when you are visitng a known
shopping site and provides sponsored
links to competitor sites. It runs as
a process on startup (ctbclick.exe)
and installs a number of extra DLLs.
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| Properties: |
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- Stays resident in background.
- Stealth: hides itself from user.
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What it does? |
| Advertising: |
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Yes,
ClickTheButton downloads parts of advertising
pages when you visit a new web site.
When a complete advert has arrived it
will be displayed, usually as a pop-up
or pop-under window.
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| Privacy
violation: |
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Yes,
ClickTheButton monitors visits of known
shopping sites. |
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| Security
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Unknown. |
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| Stability
problems: |
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None
known. |
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Method of infection |
| ClickTheButton
has in the past had reasonably legitimate
distribution channels. However it has
recently started being silently installed
with other applications (eg. some releases
of KaZaA). The FavoriteMan parasite
has also installed it. |
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