Adware.AdChannel19

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Behavior
Adware.AdChannel19 is an adware program that opens pornographic Web sites with the default Web Browser and asks the user to pay a fee for the service.

Symptoms
The files are detected as Adware.AdChannel19.

Transmission
May be downloaded from a Web site that includes adware.

technical details

When Adware.AdChannel19 is executed, it performs the following actions:

   1. Opens [http://]adchannel19.com/[Removed]/information.php and displays the following GIF animation:



   2. Redirects the browser to [http://]adchannel19.com/[Removed]/information2.php and asks the user to pay a fee for a service.

   3. Creates the file [Japanese characters].txt on the desktop. The file also asks the user to pay a fee for a service.

   4. Attempts to open a WMV file from [http://]gogo-55.com/[REMOVED]/movie/.

REMOVAL INSTRUCTIONS
See: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/adware.adchannel19.html