Adtest

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

Overview

Summary:

 Directs you to a Chinese portal site (http:\\HAO3344.com).

Alias:

 Adware.Adtest, PWS_QSINFER, TROJ_QSINFER.A

Category:

Hijacker: Any software that resets your browser's settings to point to other sites. Hijacks may reroute your info and address requests through an unseen site, capturing that info. In such hijacks, your browser may behave normally, but be slower.

Adware: Software that displays popup/popunder ads when the primary user interface is not visible or which do not appear to be assocaited with the product.

Similar Pests:

 Hijacker · Adware

Origins

URL:

 http:\\HAO3344.com

Date of Origin:

 January, 2004

Operation

Platform:

 Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT

Browser Performance:

 Likely to slow performance of Internet Explorer.

Restart:

 Adds itself to win.ini in [Windows] run = %Windir%\msfiles.exe
Autostarting Pests

Risks

Privacy Policy:

 None known.

Detection and Removal

Automatic Removal:

PestPatrol detects this.

PestPatrol removes this.

Manual Removal:

 Follow these steps to remove Adtest 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:

Remove AutoRun Reference:

Go To the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.
If you find the value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\intnets, delete it and reboot the machine immediately.
If you find the value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\sysinfer, delete it and reboot the machine immediately.



Clean Registry:

Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit:

Remove Files:

Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:

Restore Settings:

After following the instructions above, you will still need to restore your original settings and prevent this from happening again. Here''s how.

Research

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:

    		 January 24, 2005