Overview
Vendor Notes:
IMesh V3.1 brings you one of the most advanced and reliable files sharing software with lots of great features and services.
- Search for all types of media (MP3, Video, Software, Documents and more).
- Advanced Search for more precise search results.
- Search for all types of media (MP3, Video, Software, Documents and more).
- Advanced Search for more precise search results.
- Advanced media filter that prevents access to Offensive files and Viruses.
- Very fast downloads with pause/resumed capabilities.
- View your friend's shared files.
- Bandwidth control.
- Integrated Media Manager.
- Chat with your friends while downloading.
- Links to your favorite Song Lyrics, Radio Stations,
CD Covers and weekly Featured Artists.
"iMesh couples astonishing power with the capricious ability to ignore what others might find useful. Great filters, download-handling functionality, and file management are negated by the dearth of files that need handling. A typical search turns up only a paltry handful of results even for popular titles, and that without any at-a-glace sound quality information found in other file-sharing services. And while the old versions of iMesh offered features such as instant messaging to fill the empty space that results might have taken up, the newest version saves that room for seemingly limitless pop-up ads and the ubiquitous BonziBuddy, just in case you get bored waiting for the lovely iMesh to snub your demands."
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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.
Backdoor: A secret or undocumented means of getting into a computer system, or software that uses such a means to penetrate a system. Some software has a backdoor placed by the programmer to allow them to gain access to troubleshoot or change the program. Software that is classified as a "backdoor" is designed to exploit a vulnerability in a system, and open it to future access by an attacker.
Trojan: Any program with a hidden intent. Trojans are one of the leading causes of breaking into machines. If you pull down a program from a chat room, new group, or even from unsolicited e-mail, then the program is likely trojaned with some subversive purpose. The word Trojan can be used as a verb: To trojan a program is to add subversive functionality to an existing program. For example, a trojaned login program might be programmed to accept a certain password for any user's account that the hacker can use to log back into the system at any time. Rootkits often contain a suite of such trojaned programs.
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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.
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Privacy Issues:
Some. There is no evidence that the software sends browsing history back to FlashTrack's servers directly, but targeted sites and search terms generate traffic that FlashTrack can monitor.
iMesh claims "iMesh is SpyWare Clean iMesh is installed with the Cydoor banner and popup engine. The Cydoor ad engine is NOT a SpyWare software. Neither iMesh or Cydoor tracks the iMesh users in any way or collects any data about them. We’ve put a lot of effort in becoming “SpyWare Clean” by talking to all the main SpyWare gurus and following their advices about telling our users ahead about the Cydoor ad engine, and making sure we and Cydoor only do ad delivery activities. It is a necessity for us to sell advertising space in the form of banners and popups on our iMesh client. The banners and popups provide us with a revenue stream that enables us to provide you with a free and easy-to-use iMesh software."
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Detection and Removal
Automatic Removal:
PestPatrol detects this.
PestPatrol removes this.
Manual Removal:
Kill these running processes with Task Manager:
Unregister these DLLs with Regsvr32, then reboot:
Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit:
Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:
Remove these directories (if present) with Windows Explorer:
Research
File Analyses:
- IMesh: antivi~1.exe-22cd0047.pf · antivi~1.exe-2a5b64f4.pf · antivirus_install.exe · cd_ins~1.exe-0621d916.pf · cnbabe.dll · cnbabe.exe-0733f4b9.pf · commonname pp v sb.doc · dcinstaller.exe · ezstub.exe · f1.dll · fsg.exe-3347552e.pf · fsg_3202.exe-00ebad4d.pf · ftimesh.exe-271fdfdd.pf · glj21.tmp-00298706.pf · imesh.lnk · imesh_~1.exe-0d062460.pf · imesh_336.exe · imeshclient.exe · imeshclient.ntv.lng · imeshv3.exe-283f0307.pf · install.log · lbbho.dll · license agreement.lnk · license.txt · licensep.txt · mib.dat · privacy_policy.txt · regsvr32.exe-396dea2c.pf · rundll32.exe-4325edb5.pf · rundll32.exe-48139b07.pf · rundll32.exe-50da9272.pf · skin.imeshdef · stub.exe · stub.exe-33168b43.pf · sysldr.dll · thidpartylicense.txt · ttil_i~1.exe-0f1a5bf0.pf · ttil_imesh.exe · winnet.exe-0f9b7dff.pf