TargetAd Adware

TargetAd malware description and removal detail
Categories:Adware
Also known as:

[Kaspersky]Adware.Win32.WinAD.bu;
[McAfee]Adware-TargetAD

Platforms / OS: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows NT, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista

Detecting TargetAd:

Folders:
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\NetMeting\Target

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{002af282-e42d-4b51-9f70-f1570c02faad}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{0a5ef610-efb6-4ac4-a22a-3ca6b8148d08}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{1b54093e-6f8d-4b96-b9fe-1f0026aa872a}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\interface\{e16dca92-8478-4bb0-b557-08012e8eae00}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\targetad.target
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\targetad.target.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\targetad.targetreg
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\targetad.targetreg.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{daa57276-ebf7-422e-aa7a-5cc7788a2a20}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\ext\stats\{002af282-e42d-4b51-9f70-f1570c02faad}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\targetad
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{002af282-e42d-4b51-9f70-f1570c02faad}

Removing TargetAd:

An up-to-date copy of ExterminateIt should detect and prevent infection from TargetAd.

If you do not have ExterminateIt and you are worried that you may have infected computer, you could run trial version of ExterminateIt, or remove TargetAd manually.

To completely manually remove TargetAd malware from your computer, you need to delete the Windows registry keys and registry values, the files and folders associated with TargetAd.

1. Use Task Manager to terminate the TargetAd process.
2. Delete the original TargetAd file and folders.
3. Delete the system registry key parameters
4. Update your antivirus databases or buy antivirus software and perform a full scan of the computer.

We recommends that all Internet users back up any important information on their computers, enable maximum protection from network attacks and malicious code on their computers, refrain from executing suspicious programs received from untrustworthy sources.

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