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Noptify Websearch   Read More
Type: Adware
Also Known as: Noptify.exe Verizon
SG Index: 2 [Explain]
Category Description: Program that delivers advertisements on your PC.

Note that many websites have their own advertising, unrelated to adware.

Adware is any software application in which advertising is displayed while the program is running. The authors of these applications include additional code that delivers the ads, which can be viewed through pop-up windows or through a bar that appears on a computer screen and sometimes through text links or in integrated search results. Adware may or may not track personal information. It may also gather information anonymously or in aggregate only. Users should check the EULA and Privacy policy to ensure if the adware on their machines conforms to their standards.
Official Description: Program is installed on hard drive from a CD that is given to customers who have purchased new Verizon telephones. No warning is given to customers that Adware is being installed. The program then runs at startup and attempts to dial out and report browser movements. The Zone Alarm firewall did detect this program's attempts to send outgoing packets, and users with firewalls therefore can block the outgoing packets. However, the program continues its attempts to dial out while it runs in the background, thereby multiplying running tasks in the background. Memory resources are seriously taxed and shutdown problems are caused.
   
Manual removal: Shut down all instances of the program running in the background using CTRL-ALT-DEL. Noptify.exe resides in the Windows\Temp folder and can be deleted from there when not running.
Properties:
  •  Autostarts/Stays Resident
  •  Changes browser
  •  Shows Advertisements
  •  Stealth Tactics
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