SurfMaid

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:	SurfMaid
Malware Type:	Adware
Company Name:	Surf Maid
Company URL:	http://www.surfmaid.com/
Threat Level:	Moderate Risk
Operating System:	WIN XP
Installation Type:	Installed through EXE
Operation:	Time of After Installation.

Company Description:

Surf Maid protects our privacy by safely removing our Internet records from our computer, in other words wash away all traces of our PC and Internet activity and improve system performance. There are 3 methods of configurations for best killing results:

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:

    -> Displays third-party advertising on the computer -> Degrade the performance and stability of the computer. -> Bundled with other adware -> Tracks browsing habits0

Additional information might be found here:

	Search at Google for SurfMaid
	Search at Bing for SurfMaid
	Search at Yahoo for SurfMaid

Processes Running:

SurfMaid.exe

File information Created after Installation:

File Location	Size (Bytes)	Type
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\SurfMaid\Surf Maid.lnk	598	Shortcut
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\SurfMaid\Uninstall Surf Maid.lnk	546	Shortcut
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Desktop\Surf Maid.lnk	586	Shortcut

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location

Registry information Created after Installation: