Gator

GAIN Publishing distributes a variety of popular software applications and owns and operates a behavioral advertising network called the GAIN Network. The GAIN Network helps keep many popular software applications and web sites free. These software applications also occasionally display pop up ads on your computer screen based on your online activities.Gator is your smart online companion that fills out forms and remembers passwords. Gator comes with the OfferCompanion application. The Gator company recently changed their name to Claria. The Gator displays popup messages and collects user’s personal information.It also installs the GAIN (Gator Advertiser Information Network) software.0

General information:

Malware Name:	Gator
Malware Type:	Adware
Company Name:	GAIN Publishing
Company URL:
Threat Level:	High
Operating System:	WIN XP
Installation Type:	Installed through EXE
Operation:	Time of After Configuration.

Company Description:

GAIN Publishing distributes a variety of popular software applications and owns and operates a behavioral advertising network called the GAIN Network. The GAIN Network helps keep many popular software applications and web sites free. These software applications also occasionally display pop up ads on your computer screen based on your online activities.

Spyware Description:

GAIN Publishing distributes a variety of popular software applications and owns and operates a behavioral advertising network called the GAIN Network. The GAIN Network helps keep many popular software applications and web sites free. These software applications also occasionally display pop up ads on your computer screen based on your online activities.Gator is your smart online companion that fills out forms and remembers passwords. Gator comes with the OfferCompanion application. The Gator company recently changed their name to Claria. The Gator displays popup messages and collects user’s personal information.It also installs the GAIN (Gator Advertiser Information Network) software.0

Characteristics/Symptoms:

    -> Collects information about users activity -> Collects user’s personal information -> Slows the System -> Remains resident in the memory -> Shows popup messages0

Additional information might be found here:

	Search at Google for Gator
	Search at Bing for Gator
	Search at Yahoo for Gator

Processes Running:

Gator.exe, GatorStubSetup.exe, GMT.exe

File information Created after Installation:

File Location	Size (Bytes)	Type
C:\Program Files\Common Files\GMT\scripts\mepsnd-ksa.dat	unknown	DAT File
C:\Program Files\Common Files\GMT\scripts\mepsnd-ksa.dat.bak	unknown	BAK File
C:\Program Files\Common Files\GMT\scripts\sitehash52.dat	9589	DAT File

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location
C:\Program Files\Gator.com
C:\Program Files\Gator.com\Gator

Registry information Created after Installation: