180Solutions


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



Overview

Vendor Notes:

180Solutions has developed the largest Comparison Alternative Shopping Engine ever assembled. Our n-CASE software provides users with real-time comparison-shopping sources as they search for products and services online.

180Solutions, Inc. was founded in June of 1999 with one mission: To create technologies that deliver the right marketing message to the right people at the right time. Targeted, contextual marketing. If we developed technologies that target marketing messages properly -- then marketing would become honed, applicable content. The end result is that the user would appreciate the targeted content, and the advertiser would have a significantly improved return on investment.

Over the past three years, we have worked hard developing technologies that fulfill our mission. n-CASE, and its supporting suite of technologies, is the result of that dedication.

"Please be advised that all 180solutions applications are permission based installations requiring the user to explicitly accept the 180solutions End user License Agreement. 180solutions software does not collect or track any personally identifiable information. 180solutions' software also does not transmit information to any third parties. Our software is visible in the user's desktop computing environment clearly identifying itself in the listing of installed programs. Therefore, our applicaiton fails to meet the commercial standard for spyware as described in the Code of Back Channel Conduct." - Keith Smith, CEO, 180solutions, personal communication.

Alias:

Adware/AdLogix [Panda], Adware/nCase [Panda], Spyware/ISTbar [Panda], TrojanDownloader.Win32.IstBar.j [Kaspersky], TrojanDownloader.Win32.Small.wj [Kaspersky], TrojanDropper.Win32.Small.mr [Kaspersky]

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.

Downloader: A program designed to retrieve and install additional files, when run. Most will be configured to retrieve from a designated web or FTP site.

Dropper: In viruses and trojans, the dropper is the part of the program that installs the hostile code onto the system.

Similar Pests:

Adware · Downloader · Dropper

Origins

Group:

180solutions

By This Group:

NCase ·

Mailing Address:

5110 Carilon Point, Kirkland WA 98023

Phone:

525-522-1200; fax: 425-522-1199

EMail:

privacy@180solutions.com

URL:

http://www.180solutions.com

Date of Origin:

October, 2003

Distribution

Prevalence:

  • 180Solutions: 0.7%
  • More Info

    Clot Factor:

  • 180Solutions: 4
  • 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:

  • 180Solutions: Insufficient data to report growth
  • Operation

    Storage Required:

  • 180Solutions: at least 39657 KB
  • Risks

    Privacy Policy:

    ".... We may use cookies to collect standard information found in a website log file such as IP address, web browser version, etc, but we never attempt to match this information to your personally identifiable information. ...." http://www.180solutions.com/PrivacyPolicy.aspx

    Detection and Removal

    Automatic Removal:

    PestPatrol detects this.

    PestPatrol removes this.



    Manual Removal:

    Follow these steps to remove 180Solutions 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.
    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\adg, delete it and reboot the machine immediately.
    If you find the value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\cjqxe, delete it and reboot the machine immediately.
    If you find the value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\salm, delete it and reboot the machine immediately.
    If you find the value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\shytersd, delete it and reboot the machine immediately.



    Unregister DLLs:

    Unregister these DLLs with Regsvr32, then reboot:

    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!
  • Research By:

  • PestPatrol's Pest Research Center
  • Last Revised:

    April 25, 2005