PeoplePal

PeoplePal Toolbar is an adware program it displays popup ads depending upon your surfing behaviors. An Adware, also known as advertising software, displays third-party advertising on the computer. The ads can take several forms, including pop-ups, pop-unders, banners, or links embedded within web pages or parts of the Windows interface. Some adware advertising might consists of text ads shown within the application itself or within side bars, search bars, and search results. Adware is often contextually or behaviorally based and tracks browsing habits in order to display ads that are meant to be relevant to the user.0

General information:

Malware Name:	PeoplePal
Malware Type:	Toolbar
Company Name:	PeoplePC Online
Company URL:	http://home.peoplepc.com/
Threat Level:	Moderate Risk
Operating System:	WIN XP
Installation Type:	Installed through EXE
Operation:	Time of After Installation.

Company Description:

PeoplePC Online provides the PeoplePal Toolbar. The PeoplePal Toolbar with Pop-up Blocker is here to block annoying pop-up ads before they interrupt us, and give us one-click access to the stuff that's important like email, news, weather and search - all for FREE. It provides one-click access to all of PeoplePC: My Account, Help & Info, and the Home Page. It Search the Web from anywhere on the Internet

Spyware Description:

PeoplePal Toolbar is an adware program it displays popup ads depending upon your surfing behaviors. An Adware, also known as advertising software, displays third-party advertising on the computer. The ads can take several forms, including pop-ups, pop-unders, banners, or links embedded within web pages or parts of the Windows interface. Some adware advertising might consists of text ads shown within the application itself or within side bars, search bars, and search results. Adware is often contextually or behaviorally based and tracks browsing habits in order to display ads that are meant to be relevant to the user.0

Characteristics/Symptoms:

    -> It has a search function and provides search results for paid advertisers -> Track browsing habits -> Adds a third-party utility bar to the web browser -> Changes browser0

Additional information might be found here:

	Search at Google for PeoplePal
	Search at Bing for PeoplePal
	Search at Yahoo for PeoplePal

Processes Running:

File information Created after Installation:

File Location	Size (Bytes)	Type
C:\Program Files\PeoplePC\Toolbar\block.wav	13084	WAV Audio
C:\Program Files\PeoplePC\Toolbar\iplist.dat	662718	DAT File
C:\Program Files\PeoplePC\Toolbar\peoplepal.htm	10232	HTML Document

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