| Alexa removal| Spyware Alexa Information |
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Name: Alexa
Category: Vulnerability
Date: 2000-10-27
Dangerous: Yes |
Alexa belongs to Vulnerability spyware category.
Your use of \%windir%\web\related.htm, which helps you located pages related to those found in a search, transmits the complete url of your search result to both "msn.com" & "alexa.com". In some cases this could contain sensitive data such as username, password, session id, search string, "secret paths", & more. The vulnerability has been confirmed for Internet Explorer 6 on Windows 2000 & Windows XP with all Service Packs & hotfixes.
The Alexa
registry entry is created by an IE 6 install or installation
of an IE Service Pack. It isn´thing to worry about.
It is simply a registry key that creates a menu item
that points to a local web page that points to an MSN
search page that uses the Alexa engine. The issue is
the ´related links´ feature of IE which appears as the
´Tools´/´Show Related Links´ menu item, & a corresponding
toolbar button if you added it [from the ´Customize...´
link on the toolbar].
If
you have removed this registry entry, it will be restored
the next time you add a service pack for IE. Its absence
does not cause any harm to IE´s operation; its
presence causes no real benefit. If you use ´related
links´, IE will contact the Alexa servers to obtain
data about other web pages which might be
related. But you won´t be spied on UNLESS you intentionally
install other Alexa software, in which case Anti-Spyware Software
will find & report a possible problem. It's presense means that your computer is infected with malicious software and is insecure.
This Vulnerability is also known as: •Alexa-MSN Vulnerability.
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| Alexa Removal Instructions |
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Unregister the following DLLs and reboot alxbw328.dll.
alxtb1.dll, alxtb2.dll, lxtb.dll in Windows\system32\
alexabp.dll, alxtb1.dll, alxtb2.dll, lxtb.dll in Windows\system\
| Delete these registry entries HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{3df73df8-41e2-4fc2-8cbf-4b9407433755}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{cfbc6eeb-a0e1-11d2-9224-006097325e61}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\popup.htmlevent
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\popup.popupkiller
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{3df73df8-41e2-4fc2-8cbf-4b9407433755}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{f1fabe79-25fc-46de-8c5a-2c6db9d64333}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\internet explorer\menuext\mail to a friend...
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\internet explorer\menuext\see related links
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{f1fabe79-25fc-46de-8c5a-2c6db9d64333}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\internet
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{3df73df8-41e2-4fc2-8cbf-4b9407433755}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{f1fabe79-25fc-46de-8c5a-2c6db9d64333}
| Remove the following files alxbw328.dll.
alexa65.inf, alexa7.inf in Windows\downloaded program files\
alxtb1.dll, alxtb2.dll, lxtb.dll in Windows\system32\
alexabp.dll, alxtb1.dll, alxtb2.dll, lxtb.dll in Windows\system\
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