Kiwi Alpha

Kiwi Alpha is an program that is bundled with adware components that uses aggressive, deceptive advertising. Kiwi Alpha is an program that is bundled with adware components that uses aggressive, deceptive advertising.0

General information:

Malware Name: Kiwi Alpha
Malware Type: Adware
Company Name: Kiwi Alpha
Company URL: http://www.kiwialpha.com/
Threat Level: Medium Risk
Operating System: WIN XP
Installation Type: Installed through EXE
Operation: Time of After Installation

Company Description:

Kiwi Alpha provides you the software Kiwi Alpha that uses the same peer 2 peer technology now used by Morpheus, one of the leading file sharing programs today. Kiwi Alpha supports the well known Gnutella and the newer G2 networks. With Kiwi Alpha you can easily download any media type such as audio, video, images, documents and software. We didn't include player or chat functionality because these features usually tend to use a lot of system resources on your computer. We concentrated on searching and downloading while also providing an easy to use play list.

Spyware Description:

Kiwi Alpha is an program that is bundled with adware components that uses aggressive, deceptive advertising. Kiwi Alpha is an program that is bundled with adware components that uses aggressive, deceptive advertising.0

Characteristics/Symptoms:

    -> It is bundled with other adware components. -> It uses aggressive, deceptive advertising.

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Processes Running:

KiwiAlpha.exe

File information Created after Installation:

File Location Size (Bytes) Type
C:\Program Files\Kiwi Alpha\Meta\audio.xsd 6469 XSD File
C:\Program Files\Kiwi Alpha\Meta\document.xml 250 XML Document
C:\Program Files\Kiwi Alpha\Meta\image.xml 791 XML Document

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location
C:\Program Files\Kiwi Alpha
C:\Program Files\Kiwi Alpha\Data

Registry information Created after Installation:

Main Registry Key Sub Registry Key Key Value Name
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software\Kiwi Alpha ProgramCode0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software\Kiwi Alpha [NULL]0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software\Kiwi Alpha\Options [NULL]0