IC Spyware Scanner

It includes Moderate risk threats that are often bundled with functionally unrelated software or installed without adequate notice and consent, and may display unwanted advertising on the user's desktop. Such threats may track users' online browsing habits and transmit non-personally identifying data back to a server in order to target advertising. These threats may be configured to start automatically with the operating system, use an auto-updater that the user cannot control, or install other functionally separate programs without adequate notice and consent.0

General information:

Malware Name: IC Spyware Scanner
Malware Type: Adware
Company Name: Allume Systems, Inc.
Company URL: http://www.allume.com/
Threat Level: Moderate Risk
Operating System: WIN XP
Installation Type: Installed through EXE
Operation: Time of After Installation.

Company Description:

Allume Systems, Inc. (previously Aladdin Systems, Inc.) was founded in 1988 to develop, publish, and distribute microcomputer software products for Apple and IBM computers. The company's mission is to make data transmission, access and organization transparent in the Internet era. Macintosh utility and developer marketplaces provided the platform for Allume's first products, with numerous Macintosh and IBM PC-based products scheduled in the upcoming years.

Spyware Description:

It includes Moderate risk threats that are often bundled with functionally unrelated software or installed without adequate notice and consent, and may display unwanted advertising on the user's desktop. Such threats may track users' online browsing habits and transmit non-personally identifying data back to a server in order to target advertising. These threats may be configured to start automatically with the operating system, use an auto-updater that the user cannot control, or install other functionally separate programs without adequate notice and consent.0

Characteristics/Symptoms:

    -> False positives work as good to purchase -> False scan results -> Uses inadequate scan/detection scheme -> Uses out of date ref database0

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Processes Running:

isclean.exe

File information Created after Installation:

File Location Size (Bytes) Type
C:\Program Files\Allume Systems\IC Spyware Scanner\LWPAPIPN.DAT 183254 DAT File
C:\Program Files\Allume Systems\IC Spyware Scanner\MXBrowse.dll 77824 Application Extension
C:\Program Files\Allume Systems\IC Spyware Scanner\mxavivw.dll 24576 Application Extension

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location

Registry information Created after Installation:

Main Registry Key Sub Registry Key Key Value Name
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{0DD618E2-A08C-4A6E-9924-B3A81FC3F604} VersionMajor
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{0DD618E2-A08C-4A6E-9924-B3A81FC3F604} VersionMinor
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{0DD618E2-A08C-4A6E-9924-B3A81FC3F604} WindowsInstaller