Adware.Horoscope

Updated: February 13, 2007 11:39:21 AM

Type: Adware

Publisher: Enconfidence

Risk Impact: Low

File Names: MyDailyHoroscope.exe

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

When Adware.Horoscope runs, it performs the following actions:

Adds the value:

"MyDailyHoroscope" = "C:\PROGRA~1\MYDAIL~1\MYDAIL~1.EXE"

to the registry subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Runso that the adware runs when you start Windows.
Creates the following subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\My Daily Horoscope

This key is used to store uninstallation information for the adware.
Creates the following subkeys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Econfidence\
HKEY_CURRENT_ROOT\AppId\{6E0AFB50-AB22-477C-B16A-AA15593779aC} HKEY_CURRENT_ROOT\AppId\MyDailyHoroscope.EXE HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Econfidence
Creates the following files:
- %ProgramFiles%\My Daily Horoscope\MyDailyHoroscope.exe
- %ProgramFiles%\My Daily Horoscope\uninst.exe
- %ProgramFiles%\My Daily Horoscope\uninst.log
  
  Note: %ProgramFiles% is a variable that refers to the program files folder. By default, this is C:\Program Files.
Adds a link entitled "My Daily Horoscope" to the start menu.
Downloads content from the Web site, [http://]www.mydailyhoroscope.net/[REMOVED].
Displays the downloaded content in Internet Explorer frames.

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