AATools

· Overview ·
· Origins ·
· Distribution ·
· Operation ·
· Detection and Removal ·
· Research ·

Overview

Vendor Notes:

 From the doc: 'AATools is a multithreaded network diagnostic tool.  Its purpose is to accumulate data pertaining to network status and availability, using all of the latest development tools in network research. It is a 11-in-1 utility, including Port Scanner, Proxy Analyzer, TraceRoute, Email Verifier, Links Analyzer, Network Status, Process Info, Whois, System Info, Resource Viewer and Registry Cleaner.'

from a personal communication from the developer: 'the AATools is being developed since 1999 and the legal version of AATools has never included any kinds of trojans, viruses, spyware or any other suspicious code.'

Category:

Misc Tool: Any tool that might be used in planning an attack on a system, developing tools for such an attack, or performing it.

Variants:
  • AATools 4.30
  • AATools 4.31
  • AATools 5.56
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    Similar Pests:

    		 Misc Tool

    Origins

    Group:

    		 G-Lock Software

    By This Group:

    		 AATools 4.30 ·

    EMail:

    		 support@glocksoft.com

    URL:

    		 http://www.glocksoft.com/aatools.htm

    Date of Origin:

    		 Variants from January, 2001 to January, 2004

    Distribution

    Prevalence:
  • AATools 4.30: < 0.00005%
  • AATools 4.31: < 0.00005%
  • AATools 5.56: 0.0%
    • More Info

    Clot Factor:
  • AATools 4.30: 1

    • The "Clot Factor" is a measure of how much a pest "gums up" a machine by adding registry entries, files, and directories. As more objects are placed in a machine, manual removal becomes more difficult and more error-prone.

    Growth:
  • AATools 5.56: Insufficient data to report growth
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    Operation

    Platform:

    		 Win all

    Storage Required:
  • AATools: at least 29 KB
  • AATools 4.30: at least 29 KB
  • AATools 4.31: at least 9 KB
  • AATools 5.56: at least 2705 KB
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    Detection and Removal

    Automatic Removal:

    PestPatrol detects this.

    PestPatrol removes this.

    Manual Removal:

    		 Follow these steps to remove AATools from your machine. Begin by backing up your registry and your system, and/or setting a Restore Point, to prevent trouble if you make a mistake.
    Stop Running Processes:

    Kill these running processes with Task Manager:

    Unregister DLLs:

    Unregister these DLLs with Regsvr32, then reboot:

    Remove Files:

    Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:

    Research

    File Analyses:

    More Info:
  • AllTheWeb, AltaVista, AOL Search, Ask Jeeves, Google, HotBot, Lycos, LookSmart, MSN, Yahoo!
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    Research By:
  • PestPatrol's Pest Research Center
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    Last Revised:

    		 April 14, 2005