SweetBox

Category: Adware and PUAs Protection available since:13 Mar 2006 00:00:00 (GMT)
Type: Adware Last Updated:13 Mar 2006 00:00:00 (GMT)

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SweetBox is advertising software.

The default installation folder is < Program Files > \SweetBox.

When SweetBox is installed the following files are typically created:

<Desktop>\????????.lnk
<Startup>\????????.lnk
<Start Menu\Programs>\SweetBox
<Start Menu\Programs>\SweetBox\????.lnk
<Start Menu\Programs>\SweetBox\????????.lnk
<Program Files>\SweetBox
<Program Files>\SweetBox\SweetActive.ocx
<Program Files>\SweetBox\SweetBox.exe
<Program Files>\SweetBox\SweetBrowser.exe
<Program Files>\SweetBox\SweetStyle.dll
<Program Files>\SweetBox\SweetUnwise.exe
<Program Files>\SweetBox\Navigation
<Program Files>\SweetBox\Navigation\images
<Windows>\SweetBox.ini
<System>\inetcomm.exe
<System>\InetSvr.dll
<System>\InetSvrHelper.dll
<System>\mr.exe
<System>\SweetSetup.exe

where ? is a non-Roman character.

The file InetSvr.dll is registered as a new service named "IPRIP", with a display name of "Internet Service" and a startup type of automatic, so that it is started automatically during system startup.

The files SweetActive.ocx and InetSvrHelper.dll are registered as COM objects.

The file InetSvrHelper.dll is registered as a Browser Helper Object (BHO) for Microsoft Internet Explorer.

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