Moe Money Maker

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

Overview

Vendor Notes:

 From the doc: 'Moe Money Maker is a downloadable software application that helps Ebates members maximize their shopping experience by reminding them when they can earn cash back through Ebates.'

Alias:

 Ebates Moe Money Maker, MoneyMaker

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

Author:

 EBates

Mailing Address:

 Ebates Inc., 5 Thomas Mellon Circle, Suite 225, San Francisco, CA 94134

EMail:

 customerservice@ebates.com

URL:

 http://www.ebates.com

Date of Origin:

 August, 2002

Distribution

Prevalence:
  • Moe Money Maker: 0.1%
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    Clot Factor:
  • Moe Money Maker: < 1

    • 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.

    Operation

    Storage Required:
  • Moe Money Maker: at least 213 KB
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    Detection and Removal

    Automatic Removal:

    PestPatrol detects this.

    PestPatrol removes this.

    Manual Removal:

    		 Start the registry editor. This is done by clicking Start then Run. (The Run dialog will appear.) Type regedit and click OK. (The registry editor will open.) Browse to the key: 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run' In the right pane, delete the value called 'EbatesMoeMoneyMaker', if it exists. Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Uninstall \ ebatesver2.xml \', if it exists. Exit the registry editor. Restart your computer. Delete the following directory and its content: %ProgramsDir%\EbatesMoeMoneyMaker\ Note: %ProgramsDir% is a variable (?). By default, this is C:\Program Files.
    Stop Running Processes:

    Kill these running processes with Task Manager:

    Unregister DLLs:

    Unregister these DLLs with Regsvr32, then reboot:

    Remove Files:

    Remove these files (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 03, 2005