WinKeeper

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:	WinKeeper
Malware Type:	Adware
Company Name:	WinKeeper
Company URL:	http://winkeeper.net/
Threat Level:	Moderate Risk
Operating System:	WIN XP
Installation Type:	Installed through EXE
Operation:	Time of After Installation.

Company Description:

WinKeeper is a powerful suite of Windows utilities that find and remove spyware, protect and secure sensitive information, and ensure our privacy. It provides real-time Anti-Spyware protection against Spyware, adware, Trojan horses, keyloggers, Spyware cookies, adbots, spybots, browser hijackers, phishing attacks and other Malware threats. It also assists in protecting and securing sensitive information. We can hide or lock folders, clean our system tracks, password-protect applications that hold sensitive data, quickly and securely delete files.

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 -> Tracks browsing habits -> Degrade the performance and stability of the computer. -> Bundled with other adware 0

Additional information might be found here:

	Search at Google for WinKeeper
	Search at Bing for WinKeeper
	Search at Yahoo for WinKeeper

Processes Running:

WinKeeper.exe

File information Created after Installation:

File Location	Size (Bytes)	Type
C:\Program Files\WinKeeper\help.chm	76922	Compiled HTML Help file
C:\Program Files\WinKeeper\unins000.dat	4823	DAT File
C:\Program Files\WinKeeper\unins000.exe	673546	Application

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location
C:\Program Files\WinKeeper\Startup\DeletedAllUsers
C:\Program Files\WinKeeper\languages

Registry information Created after Installation: