Overview
Category:
P2P: Any peer-to-peer file swapping program, such as Audiogalaxy, Bearshare, Blubster, E-Mule, Gnucleus, Grokster, Imesh, KaZaa, KaZaa Lite, Limewire, Morpheus, Shareaza, WinMX and Xolox. In an organization, can degrade network performance and consume vast amounts of storage. May create security issues as outsiders are granted access to internal files. Often bundled with Adware or Spyware.
Similar Pests:
Origins
Date of Origin:
Distribution
Prevalence:
Clot Factor:
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:
Operation
Storage Required:
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:
Research
File Analyses:
- KaZaa Lite: avipreview.exe · badipupdater.exe · defuserset.exe · kazaalite.kpp.manifest · kdat.exe · kdat.exe.manifest · klconfigwizard.exe · klconfigwizard.exe.manifest · klrun.exe · kpp.dll · kpp.exe · kppaddon.dll · ksharedfolder.exe · ksig.exe · ksig.exe.manifest