Adware.SideSearch

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Updated: February 13, 2007 11:36:43 AM

Type: Adware

Publisher: Lycos

Risk Impact: Medium

File Names: sidesearch[Random numbers].dll sst.dll sep.dll SEPInst.exe

Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

Behavior

Adware.Sidesearch is an adware component that displays information from the publisher's Web site in a side panel of Internet Explorer when queries are made to other Web sites.

Symptoms

Lycos search results appear in the Internet Explorer search panel without user interaction. Your Symantec antivirus program detects this threat as Adware.SideSearch.

Transmission

This adware component can be manually installed or installed as a component of another program.

Protection

Initial Rapid Release version February 17, 2004
Latest Rapid Release version July 2, 2009 revision 040
Initial Daily Certified version February 17, 2004
Latest Daily Certified version July 3, 2009 revision 004
Initial Weekly Certified release date February 18, 2004

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