Elect John Kerry Screen Saver 1.0

Elect John Kerry Screen Saver 1.0 is an adware bundler that installs several other software’s with itself like Adware-SaveNow (WhenU), Adware-WhenUSearch (WhenU) and Adware-Url.gen and the adware that it installs with itself shows advertising and deceptive warnings.

General information:

Malware Name: Elect John Kerry Screen Saver 1.0
Malware Type: Adware Bundler
Company Name: Acez Software LLC
Company URL: http://www.acez.com/
Threat Level: Low Risk
Operating System: WIN XP
Installation Type: Installed through EXE
Operation: Time of After Installation

Company Description:

Acez Software LLC provides you the software Elect John Kerry Screen Saver 1.0 that will show you funny one-liners and clever animation as John Kerry campaigns right on your own desktop. You can share a laugh with John Kerry in this hilarious campaign screen saver.

Spyware Description:

Elect John Kerry Screen Saver 1.0 is an adware bundler that installs several other software’s with itself like Adware-SaveNow (WhenU), Adware-WhenUSearch (WhenU) and Adware-Url.gen and the adware that it installs with itself shows advertising and deceptive warnings.

Characteristics/Symptoms:

    -> It installs several other software’s with itself like Adware-SaveNow, Adware-WhenUSearch (WhenU) and Adware-Url.gen. -> The adware that it installs with itself shows advertising and deceptive warnings.

Additional information might be found here:

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Processes Running:

John Kerry.scr

File information Created after Installation:

File Location Size (Bytes) Type
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Favorites\Acez.com - Download Free Screen Savers!.url 169 Internet Shortcut
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\Programs\Elect John Kerry Screen Saver 1.0\Tell a friend about John Kerry Screen Saver!.lnk 1554 Shortcut
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\Programs\Elect John Kerry Screen Saver 1.0\Uninstall Screen Saver.lnk 1523 Shortcut

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location
C:\Program Files\Elect John Kerry Screen Saver 1.
C:\Program Files\Elect John Kerry Screen Saver 1.0\tem

Registry information Created after Installation:

Main Registry Key Sub Registry Key Key Value Name
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Elect John Kerry Screen Saver Contact
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Elect John Kerry Screen Saver HelpLink
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Elect John Kerry Screen Saver Publisher