Adware.SideBySide

Updated: February 13, 2007 11:45:39 AM

Type: Adware

Publisher: sidebysidesearch.com

Risk Impact: Low

File Names: sbss.exe

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

When Adware.SideBySide is executed, it performs the following actions:

Creates the following files:
- %ProgramFiles%\sbss\sbss.exe
- %ProgramFiles%\sbss\Stop sbss.lnk
- %ProgramFiles%\sbss\Uninstall sbss.exe
  
  Note: %ProgramFiles% is a variable that refers to the program files folder. By default, this is C:\Program Files.
Creates the following registry subkeys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\sbss HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\sbss
Adds the value:

"sbss Launcher" = "%ProgramFiles%\sbss\sbss.exe"

to the registry subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Adds the values:

"DisplayName" = "sbss" "NoModify" = "0x00000001" "UninstallString" = "C:\Program Files\sbss\Uninstall sbss.exe"

to the registry subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\sbss
Adds the values:

"InstalledTo" = "C:\Program Files\sbss" "LogURL" = "www.sidebysidesearch.com\nextvantage" "mQuery" = "0x00000000" "mGUID" = "{47A2A948-AB0A-4C20-A89F-6E847EDA7314}" "mADCODE" = "2089!ascentive" "startupflags" = "0x00000001" "InstalledVN" = "0x00002710"

to the registry subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\sbss
Monitors the user's online activity, sends keyword searches to sidebysidesearch.com, then displays a pop-up window displaying the search results retrieved from sidebysidesearch.com.
Displays pop-up ads.

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