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Adware.Comet

Posted: June 13, 2007

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 923
First Seen: July 24, 2009
Last Seen: June 17, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Adware.Comet is an unwanted and annoying screensaver. Once inside your machine, Adware.Comet will import a large number of malicious Trojans and adware programs on your computer. Adware.Comet is also intended to show excessive advertising content.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:



screensavers.exe File name: screensavers.exe
Size: 512.34 KB (512344 bytes)
MD5: 0f11fe9c10dfa433c3f61d0495fa1ff9
Detection count: 65
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
s_sinstallerandtoolbar3[1].exe File name: s_sinstallerandtoolbar3[1].exe
Size: 696.91 KB (696912 bytes)
MD5: 4cefacc5fe8acbf49758762dc8868419
Detection count: 60
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
C:\System Volume Information\_restore{ED4C0E5D-2BC4-446B-866F-52E3B8B74953}\RP92\A0028999.exe File name: A0028999.exe
Size: 63.39 KB (63396 bytes)
MD5: 5793629b4ca0e22ac30ca8f993f7228a
Detection count: 14
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\System Volume Information\_restore{ED4C0E5D-2BC4-446B-866F-52E3B8B74953}\RP92\A0028999.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 4, 2021
alot.dll File name: alot.dll
Size: 622.37 KB (622376 bytes)
MD5: 916cde6394dc4bdcdfd2b2c41ec3d109
Detection count: 12
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 26, 2020

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

CLSID{5AA2BA46-9913-4dc7-9620-69AB0FA17AE7}File name without pathSSSUninst.exe

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%ProgramFiles%\Screensavers.com\SSSInstaller
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