AdultLinks

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

Overview

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.

Variants:
  • AdultLinks.Qabar
  • Adultlinks.Quickbar
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    Similar Pests:

    		 Hijacker

    Origins

    Group:

    		 mainentrypoint.com

    By This Group:

    		 AdultLinks.Qabar ·

    URL:

    		 http://www.adultlinksco.com/

    Date of Origin:

    		 Variants from September, 2002 to August, 2003

    Distribution

    Prevalence:
  • AdultLinks: 0.0%
  • AdultLinks.Qabar: < 0.00005%
  • Adultlinks.Quickbar: < 0.00005%
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    Clot Factor:
  • AdultLinks: 22

    • 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:
  • AdultLinks: Insufficient data to report growth
  • AdultLinks.Qabar: Insufficient data to report growth
  • Adultlinks.Quickbar: Insufficient data to report growth
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    Operation

    Storage Required:
  • AdultLinks: at least 2221 KB
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    Browser Performance:

    		 Likely to slow performance of Internet Explorer.

    Risks

    Privacy Policy:

    		 http://www.adultlinksco.com/alterms.html

    Detection and Removal

    Automatic Removal:

    PestPatrol detects this.

    PestPatrol removes this.

    Manual Removal:

    The latest version of Adult Links can be uninstalled by clicking the "About" menu item in its toolbar.
    Once you have clicked the "About" menu item, it will load a web page wherein you can check for updates or uninstall.
    To uninstall, simply click on the "Uninstall Adult Links" button on the web page.

    The older versions of Adult Links has an "Uninstall" menu item available in its tool bar.
    To uninstall, simply click on the "Uninstall" menu item in the Adult Links toolbar.

    After uninstalling, you will need to restart your browser.


    Manual Uninstallation

    The latest version of Adult Links can be manually uninstalled by performing the following processes:

    1. Open your regedit utility.
      Click Start->Run... then type regedit in the text area.
    2. Search for 965E6B07-6832-4738-BDBE-25F226BA2AB0.
      Type Ctrl+F or click Edit->Find... then type 965E6B07-6832-4738-BDBE-25F226BA2AB0 in the text area.
      You can also copy this text and paste it into the registry search.
    3. Delete all keys and values that have this identifier
      Press F3 to find the next entry and keep deleting those keys/values until you can no longer find the entries in the registry.
      The registry entry responsible for loading Adult Links into Internet Explorer can be found at: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar under the key {965E6B07-6832-4738-BDBE-25F226BA2AB0}. Make sure to delete this entry.
    4. Restart your browser.

    The older versions of Adult Links can be manually uninstalled by performing the following processes:

    1. Open your regedit utility.
      Click Start->Run... then type regedit in the text area.
    2. Search for 765E6B09-6832-4738-BDBE-25F226BA2AB0.
      Type Ctrl+F or click Edit->Find... then type 765E6B09-6832-4738-BDBE-25F226BA2AB0 in the text area.
      You can also copy this text and paste it into the registry search.
    3. Delete all keys and values that have this identifier
      Press F3 to find the next entry and keep deleting those keys/values until you can no longer find the entries in the registry.
      The registry entry responsible for loading Adult Links into Internet Explorer can be found at: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar under the key {765E6B09-6832-4738-BDBE-25F226BA2AB0}. Make sure to delete this entry.
    4. Restart your browser.
    Unregister DLLs:

    Unregister these DLLs with Regsvr32, then reboot:

    Clean Registry:

    Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit:

    Remove Files:

    Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:

    Remove Directories:

    Remove these directories (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

    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 25, 2005