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Adware.CDT

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Updated: February 13, 2007 11:38:54 AM
Type: Adware
Risk Impact: Medium
File Names: Mediatickets.exe
Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

Behavior


Adware.CDT is an adware program that displays advertisements, reduces the security settings for the Trusted Sites zone in Internet Explorer, and attempts to fraudulently install trusted publishers.

Symptoms


Your Symantec program detects this threat as Adware.CDT.

Transmission


This adware component can be manually installed, or installed as a component of another program.

Protection

  • Initial Rapid Release version August 6, 2004
  • Latest Rapid Release version June 14, 2008 revision 017
  • Initial Daily Certified version August 6, 2004
  • Latest Daily Certified version August 2, 2008 revision 002
  • Initial Weekly Certified release date August 11, 2004

Click here for a more detailed description of Rapid Release and Daily Certified virus definitions.

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