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Name: CnsMin
Threat Level:
Category: Adware

Spyware Characteristics
Description: CnsMin is another keyword-lookup provider that takes over the search feature of IE's address bar. It is aimed at providing keywords using Chinese characters.

Other than replacing the IE search feature with a Chinese site likely to be incomprehensible to non-Chinese users, CnsMin is not overtly harmful, but it uses extremely anti-social methods to make it difficult to uninstall.

Properties:
  • Stays resident in background.
  • Stealth: hides itself from user.

What it does?
Advertising: No.
Privacy violation: No.
Security issues: No.
Stability problems: Is suspected to cause software such as The Sims not to run.

Method of infection
Is installed by ActiveX drive-by-download at its company's site, 3721.com. Has also apparently been included in junk e-mail, which could be how some Western users have ended up with it.

Removal Instructions
bulletproofsoft.com "Spyware Remover" is the best tool for the removal of this spyware.

Links
Site: 3721, the CnsMin makers' site; caution: if you are running IE and your security settings are set to 'low' this page may install CnsMin.