AdWare.AdSpy Description

AdWare.AdSpy is an advertising program that secretly infiltrates users’ machines. On execution, AdWare.AdSpy will display numerous advertisements and harvest internet related or private information. AdWare.AdSpy later sends the information to a remote third party who may use the information for malicious deeds. AdWare.AdSpy should be automatically removed with a reliable computer security tool.

Type: Adware

How Can You Detect AdWare.AdSpy?

AdWare.AdSpy has typically the following processes in memory:

• %ProgramFiles%\SpyNoMore\snmIeGuard.dll
• %ProgramFiles%\SpyNoMore\uninst.exe
• %System%\windrv.sys

AdWare.AdSpy creates the following registry entries:

• [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Illysoft]
• [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{00020400-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\OLEViewerIViewerCLSID]
• [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
• [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
• [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Illysoft\SNM\Settings]
• [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SpyNoMore]

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