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Abetterinternet Introduction

AbetterInternet is an adware software which brings ads to your computer. Betterinternet ads may or may not be targeted, but are "injected" and/or popup, and are not merely displayed within the form of an ad-sponsored application.

What is ABetterInternet and what exactly does it do?

ABetterInternet is an adware which now exists in the form of a Browser Helper Object ( BHO ) called Transponder. It monitors web pages requested and data entered into forms, sends this information to its home server, and opens pop-up advertisement windows. It also has the capability to update itself and install other software.

Transponder opens pop-up adverts depending on targeted URLs being browsed, targeted terms being entrered into forms (this is aimed at search engines), and how much browsing is being done - the software tries to hide by not opening adverts when little is happening.

Transponder exists in the following variant forms :

• Transponder/Blackstone is controlled by blackstonedata.net

• Transponder/VX2 is controlled by vx2.cc; Transponder/TPS108 is controlled by tps108.org. All work very similarly.

• Transponder/MSView is an updated version. Its controlling server is still tps108.org, but SSL is now used to communicate with it.

• Transponder/Bi and Transponder/Host are newer releases under the company name “Better Internet”, a new name for the same operators and software. These variants are controlled by stop-popup-ads-now.com and abetterinternet.com respectively.

• Transponder/SiteHlpr is a variant the behaves similarly to TPS108, but which seems to have been considerably rewritten by another company. Its controlling server is www.bc777.com.

Transponder/Blackstone was distributed under the name NetPal by netpalnow.com, but the software now available there is the newer NetPal parasite, which isn't really the same code.

Transponder/VX2 has the internal name RespondMiter, and is sometimes marketed as Sputnik.

All variants of Transponder have different sources of distribution.

The VX2 variant was stealth-installed by version 0.608W of the AudioGalaxy Satellite up until some time in November 2001, when after public outcry it was removed. It is widespread mainly from this source, but it has also been installed by the FavoriteMan parasite.

The Blackstone variant was installed with all software from Mindset Interactive, which is the company behind Transponder and its variants' fascia companies.

Transponder/TPS108 is bundled with subscriptions to porn sites run by WebDream/Digital Rooster. On installation it misleadingly describes itself as a viewer for adult video content. It may also be installed by porn-related pop-up ads through a security hole in Internet Explorer. It is also installed by vCatch KazBlock.

Transponder/Host is distributed by stop-popup-ads-now.com under the pretence that it is a pop-up advertisement killer. But Transponder/Host and Transponder/BI are installed by ActiveX drive-by download on pop-up adverts under a variety of names, eg. 'Internet Accelerator', 'NetTurbo', 'Clean Get-away'.

Methods of distribution for SiteHlpr are not yet known, but it is expected it is spread in the same way as TPS108.

SPYWARE / ADWARE ABETTERINTERNET UNINSTALLING & REMOVAL INSTRUCTIONS

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How to manually remove ABetterInternet Adware from your system:

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AbetterInternet Transponder and its variants exists in the form of a DLL in the Windows folder.

• Unregister the appropriate dll’s from the System directory in Windows

  for the Blackstone variant regsvr32 /u ..\IEHelper.dll

  for the VX2 variant: regsvr32 /u ..\VX2.dll

  for the TPS108 variant: regsvr32 /u ..\TPS108.dll

  for the MSView variant: regsvr32 /u ..\MSView.dll

  for the Host variant: regsvr32 /u ..\host.dll

  for the BI variant: regsvr32 /u ..\BI.dll

  for the SiteHlpr variant: regsvr32 /u ..\SiteHlpr.dll

• restart the computer and delete the dll file

• In the TPS108 variant there may be a tps108.html file in the root of the C:\ drive; in the SiteHlpr variant it may be called bc777.html. These can be deleted to clean up.

• You can also clean up the registry by deleting the 'Transponder' (Blackstone variant), 'RespondMiter' (VX2 variant), 'TPS108' (TPS108 variant), 'HostDll' (Host variant), 'MSView' (MSView variant) or 'SiteHlpr' (SiteHlpr variant) subkey of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software.

Congratulations, you have successfully removed ABetterInternet from your computer by our uninstalling and betterinternet removal guide.

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