Adware.Sheldor

Behavior

Adware.Sheldor is an adware program that displays advertisements for an adult-content Web site. It is written in the Delphi programming language and packed with ASPack.

Note: Virus definitions dated January 28, 2005 or earlier may detect this threat as Backdoor.Sheldor.

Symptoms

The files on the system are detected as Adware.Sheldor.

Transmission

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

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version January 28, 2005
• Latest Rapid Release version November 11, 2009 revision 055
• Initial Daily Certified version January 28, 2005 revision 002
• Latest Daily Certified version November 12, 2009 revision 005
• Initial Weekly Certified release date February 2, 2005

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