ClipGenie

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

Overview

Vendor Notes:

 "ClipGenie Direct -- the internet application that brings rich media content to you, directly to your hard drive. Now you can get all the best movies, games and programs downloaded directly to your computer ... while you sleep! And the best part is ... it's absolutely, totally FREE! Here's how it works: First, you download the auto-installing ClipGenie Direct software. Then you choose as many channels you want to subscribe to. We've got it all: celebrities, bikinis, casino games, and more. And new channels are being added all the time. Once you've subscribed to your favorite channels, just click on the ClipGenie Direct icon on your desktop and there it is: all the media content you can handle, delivered to your computer on a regular basis. Just like a magazine subscription. Any time new content is available, ClipGenie Direct will download it automatically as soon as you connect to the internet. And the best part is, it's right there on your hard drive. That means you get the cleanest, clearest, fastest-playing clips possible. No more waiting for movies to download. No more buffering. No more choppy videos with lousy sound. Just a constant supply of the best movies and games that the internet has to offer." -- http://www.clipgenie.com/about_us.html

Alias:

 Adware/Medload [Panda]

Category:

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:

 Adware

Origins

Group:

 ClipGenie, Inc.

Mailing Address:

 New Harmony Enterprises Limited 2001 Central Plaza, 18 Harbour Road Wanchai, Hong Kong HK

Phone:

 1-800-837-4126 (in US)

EMail:

 contact@ClipGenie.com

URL:

 http://www.clipgenie.com

Date of Origin:

 October, 2003

Distribution

Prevalence:
  • ClipGenie: 0.0%
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    Clot Factor:
  • ClipGenie: 13

    • 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:
  • ClipGenie: Insufficient data to report growth
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    Operation

    Storage Required:
  • ClipGenie: at least 1565 KB
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    Risks

    Privacy Issues:

    		 Yes. "Anonymous demographic information collected by ClipGenie may include, but is not limited to, your: (a) gender; (b) age; (c) zip code; (d) operating system; (e) Internet protocol address. Such demographic information may be collected whenever you provide it to ClipGenie, or to other third parties while interacting with the application. Information such as (a) what advertising messages you have seen in ClipGenie; (b) what advertising messages you have clicked on inside ClipGenie; (c) how many advertisements you have viewed inside ClipGenie may be collected at any time, even if ClipGenie is not active. Personally identifying information collected by ClipGenie may include, but is not limited to, your: (a) first and last name; (b) home or other physical address including street name and number, and name of city or town; (c) email address, and; (d) telephone number (e) credit card or other financial information. Such personally identifying information is collected only when you VOLUNTARILY provide it to ClipGenie... The demographic and personally identifying information collected by ClipGenie, and/or the user profiles, may be used by ClipGenie, its licensees, licensors, agents, and assigns, and/or its client software companies and developers, as well as shared, rented, leased, sold, or otherwise made available to third-party marketing entities, advertisers, and other parties and entities, at the sole discretion of ClipGenie. Some of ClipGenie 's clients may use the demographic and personally identifying information to personalize Web pages and target ads, products and services to consumers. " -- http://www.clipgenie.com/webprivacy.html

    Privacy Policy:

    		 http://www.clipgenie.com/webprivacy.html

    Detection and Removal

    Automatic Removal:

    PestPatrol detects this.

    PestPatrol removes this.

    Manual Removal:

    		 Use "Add/Remove Programs" in the Windows® Control Panel.
    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\webinstall2, 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:

    Remove Directories:

    Remove these directories (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 15, 2005