Kazaa LimeWire Companion

Kazaa LimeWire Companion is an adware bundler that install adware advantage with itself. MeMedia.AdVantage is advertising software that tracks browsing and displays ads on the desktop. It also installs adware relevant knowledge with itself. Relevant Knowledge (Marketscore) is monitors all of your Internet behavior.

General information:

Malware Name: Kazaa LimeWire Companion
Malware Type: Adware Bundler
Company Name: Etexchange.com
Company URL: http://www.etexchange.com
Threat Level: Low Risk
Operating System: WIN XP
Installation Type: Installed through EXE
Operation: Time of After Installation

Company Description:

Etexchange.com provides you the software Kazaa LimeWire Companion that is a lyrics finder and download accelerator for Kazaa and LimeWire. It allows to retrieve lyrics at the same time when you are downloading MP3 files from the FastTrack and Gnutella networks. It also accept manual query for your desired song lyrics. It is equipped with download accelerator that speed up media file download from P2P network.

Spyware Description:

Kazaa LimeWire Companion is an adware bundler that install adware advantage with itself. MeMedia.AdVantage is advertising software that tracks browsing and displays ads on the desktop. It also installs adware relevant knowledge with itself. Relevant Knowledge (Marketscore) is monitors all of your Internet behavior.

Characteristics/Symptoms:

    -> It install adware advantage with itself. -> MeMedia.AdVantage is advertising software that tracks browsing and displays ads on the desktop. -> It also installs adware relevant knowledge with itself. -> Relevant Knowledge (Marketscore) is monitors all of your Internet behavior.

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Processes Running:

lyricfinder.exe

File information Created after Installation:

File Location Size (Bytes) Type
C:\Program Files\KazaaLimeWireCompanion\KazaaLimewire Companion.url 51 Internet Shortcut
C:\Program Files\KazaaLimeWireCompanion\kazaalimewire_companion.html 1358 Firefox Document
C:\Program Files\KazaaLimeWireCompanion\lyricfinder.exe 290816 Application

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location
C:\Program Files\KazaaLimeWireCompanio
C:\Program Files\RelevantKnowledg

Registry information Created after Installation:

Main Registry Key Sub Registry Key Key Value Name
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Kazaa LimeWire Companion_is1 Inno Setup: Icon Group
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{d08d9f98-1c78-4704-87e6-368b0023d831}\Config\OSSProxy\Settings Capabilities
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{d08d9f98-1c78-4704-87e6-368b0023d831}\Config\OSSProxy\Settings ExtCapabilities