Updated: February 13, 2007 11:36:23 AM
Type: Adware
Risk Impact: Medium
Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP
When Adware.Ntsearch is installed, it performs the following actions:
- Adds the value:
"sp"="<path to .exe file>"
to the registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
so that Adware.Ntsearch executes each time Windows starts.
- Displays pop-up windows that contain advertisements.