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Ad-Aware Security Add-on
Published by Lavasoft
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Ad-Aware Security Add-on Publisher's Description
With Ad-Aware Security Toolbar installed, your browser will be upgraded with a website safety rating advisor. This safety rating icon alerts you of potentially risky sites that may harm your computer... Read more
Details
| Latest version: | 3.7.0.0 |
| Location: | C:\Program Files\adawaretb |
| Install size: | 3.48 MB (3,653,560 bytes) |
| About URL: | http://toolbar.lavasoft.com/ |
| Uninstall: | C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\AdAware SecureSearch Toolbar\uninstall.exe |
Trust
The trust score is the reputation of Ad-Aware Security Add-on based on a number of factors including malware scans, behvaior, uninstall trends and general user experiences.
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Reasons behind trust score
- Some versions are flagged as malware by multiple antivirus programs.
- Adds a toolbar to Internet Explorer.
- Very poorly rated by third-party sources and expert users.
2
Malware detections
| adawareDx.dll has been detected by the following 2 antivirus programs: |
ESET NOD32 |
as a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Visicom.B |
Kingsoft |
as Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
Ad-Aware Security Add-on installs 6 unique (by hash) versions of the file adawareDx.dll that contain multiple malware detections.
Trends
Global Reach
Install and Uninstall Trends
Technical Details
| adawareDx.dll (Main Library) |
| Common path: | C:\Program Files\adawaretb\adawareDx.dll |
| Behavior: | Internet Explorer BHO |
| Description: | Ad-Aware Security Add-on Link Library |
| MD5: | 9386e22c50e6ef448799779b922433f8 |
| dtUser.exe |
| Behavior: | Windows Firewall Allowed Program |
| Publisher: | Visicom Media |
| Description: | DtUser |
| MD5: | f860d92cbfce07dd25a924f144251728 |
| uninstall.exe |
| MD5: | e1a121ebd4dfe27c0e4419faa30c3ee4 |
| ffHelper.exe |
| Publisher: | Visicom Media |
| Name: | ffHelper Application |
| Description: | Helper Application for IE |
| MD5: | 8abf9fe2303ac0f692c009df96ef543e |
| adawaretb.dll |
| Publisher: | Visicom Media Inc |
| MD5: | 291d2cc9a56d2e8aeb2eedee6cfc09d7 |
| ieUtils.exe |
| Publisher: | Visicom Media |
| Name: | ieUtils |
| MD5: | c48f7ccd7d8e08066a773ab015dfb7bb |
| adawareDx64.dll |
| MD5: | 8fb7dc3348bb942f477e259761f4ba6a |
| adawaretb64.dll |
| Publisher: | Visicom Media Inc |
| MD5: | f55f0541ad055ead4fe3a59d471a74a5 |
Geography of Installations
Installs by Country
58.8% |
6.9% |
4.4% |
3.5% |
2.7% |
2.2% |
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1.4% |
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1.1% |
0.8% |
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0.5% |
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