Updated: February 13, 2007 11:36:24 AM
Type: Adware
Risk Impact: Medium
File Names: YellowPages.dll,Autosearch.dll
Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
When the Adware.YellowPages installer is executed, it performs the following actions:
- Creates the file %ProgramFiles%\Autosearch.dll
Note: %ProgramFiles% is a variable that refers to the path to the program files folder. By default, this is C:\Program Files.
- Adds the value:
"windump"="%ProgramFiles%\autosearch.dll"
to the registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
so that the adware is installed when you start Windows.
- Adds a search bar in Internet Explorer.
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