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Published Apr 25, 2008 | Updated May 07, 2008

Spyware:Win32/Maxifiles

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Adware.MaxSearch (Symantec) Adware_Maxifiles (Trend Micro) Matcash (McAfee) not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Insider.c (Kaspersky) Win-Trojan/Insider.147456 (AhnLab) W32/Maxifiles.T (Norman) Win32/Adware.Maxifiles (ESET) SearchNugget.DNSCatcher (Sunbelt Software) Adware/Maxifiles (Panda)

Summary

Spyware:Win32/Maxifiles displays targeted advertising to affected users while they are browsing the Internet, based on search terms entered into search engines.
Spyware:Win32/Maxifiles may not place an uninstaller entry in "Add or Remove Programs" in Control Panel. If an uninstaller is not available or if you do not want to use the uninstaller that is provided, use Microsoft Windows Defender or another up-to-date scanning and removal tool to detect and remove Maxifiles and other unwanted software from your computer. For more information, see http://www.microsoft.com/protect/products/computer/default.mspx.
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