Overview |
Vendor Notes: |
From the doc: 'application that allows you to share files with millions of other people across the globe. What is it? Overnet is a File Sharing program. This means that it will give you the opportunity to share files you have on your computer with other users on the network, and you will in turn be able to download files of them. What makes it different? Overnet does not have one central server. There are in fact no servers, only clients (technically, a client could be construed as a server but lets not get technical). Each client starts up, finds other clients on the network, and communicates with them. Unlike other 'serverless' programs, all clients are equal, each communicating, sharing and assisting each other. There is now a plugin system so all you programers can extend overnet.' |
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.
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Variants: |
Overnet 0.46 |
Similar Pests: |
P2P |
Origins |
Group: |
overnet.com |
By This Group: |
Overnet 0.46 · |
Mailing Address: |
39 W 14th St #204 New York, NY, 10011 |
EMail: |
support@overnet.com |
URL: |
http://www.overnet.com |
Date of Origin: |
Variants from March, 2003 to August, 2004 |
Distribution |
Prevalence: |
Overnet: 26.9%
More Info |
Clot Factor: |
Overnet: 7
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: |
Overnet: Insufficient data to report growth |
Operation |
Storage Required: |
Overnet: at least 1397 KBOvernet 0.46: at least 413 KB |
Risks |
Privacy Policy: |
MetaMachine has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for eDonkey2000 and Overnet. We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site. Your IP address is used to help identify you and to gather broad demographic information. This site contains links to other sites. MetaMachine is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. Public Forums This site makes chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information. Security This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Third Party Advertising We use various third-party advertising companies to display ads when you visit our Web site. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements on this site and other sites about goods and services that may be of interest to you. Third Party Cookies In the course of serving advertisements to this site, our third-party advertisers may place or recognize a unique "cookie" on your browser. Children's Guidelines Overnet and eDonkey2000 are for users 13 years of age and older. Children under the age of 13 are not permitted to submit any personal information. Choice/Opt-Out We provide users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving certain types of advertising as well communications our partners. If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact MetaMachine 39 W 14th Street #204 New York, NY 10011 info@edonkey2000.com |
Detection and Removal |
Automatic Removal: |
 PestPatrol detects this.
PestPatrol removes this.
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Manual Removal: |
Follow these steps to remove Overnet from your machine. Begin by backing up your registry and your system, and/or setting a Restore Point, to prevent trouble if you make a mistake. |
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Stop Running Processes:
Kill these running processes with Task Manager:
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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\overnet, delete it and reboot the machine immediately.
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Unregister DLLs:
Unregister these DLLs with Regsvr32, then reboot:
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Clean Registry:
Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit:
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Remove Files:
Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:
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Remove Directories:
Remove these directories (if present) with Windows Explorer:
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Research |
File Analyses: |
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More Info: |
AllTheWeb, AltaVista, AOL Search, Ask Jeeves, Google, HotBot, Lycos, LookSmart, MSN, Yahoo! |
Research By: |
PestPatrol's Pest Research Center |
Last Revised: |
April 04, 2005 |