BargainBuddy Description:
Bargain Buddy consists of an IE Browser Helper
Object, and a process set to run at startup. The
BHO monitors web pages requested and terms
entered into forms. If there is a match with a
preset list of sites and keywords, an
advertisement may be shown. The process can
contact its maker's server to download updates to
the list of adverts and to the software itself.
BargainBuddy/Apuc , original version whose BHO
is stored in its own Program Files 'Bargain
Buddy' folder. BargainBuddy/Versn , the BHO is a
file inside the host application whilst the
updater is still in 'Bargain Buddy'. BargainBuddy/adp
uses the folder name 'adp' in Program Files.
BargainBuddy/Apuc2 is the same as Apuc , but
constantly tries to restart itself if you kill
it.
Also known as: Acup (internal name), adp.exe,
argains(process name),
Ikena(the server it connects to).
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BargainBuddy Manual Removal:
Before you can delete it, the DLL file must be
deregistered.
In BargainBuddy/Apuc, this DLL is inside the
Bargain Buddy folder in 'Program Files'. Here
there will be one or more 'bin' folders, one of
which will contain a file called apuc.dll. If,
for example, it's in 'bin2', the commands to
enter (from a DOS command prompt window, under
Start->Programs->Accessories) would be:
cd "%WinDir%\System"
regsvr32 /u "\Program Files\Bargain Buddy\bin2\apuc.dll"
(If your 'Program Files' directory has a
different name (for example, on a non-English
version of Windows), or is on a different drive,
you'll have to substitute that in the path
above.)
In BargainBuddy/Version, the file you have to
get rid of is instead called 'CC_Versn.dll', and
it's inside the 'Net2Phone CommCenter' folder in
Program Files. The commands to get rid of it are:
cd "%WinDir%\System"
regsvr32 /u "\Program Files\Net2Phone CommCenter\CC_Versn.dll"
After the deregistration, end the 'Bargains'
process from the Task Manager (ctrl-alt-delete).
Having successfully done this you should be able
to delete the entire 'Bargain Buddy' folder. To
clean up the registry, run regedit and delete the
value in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
that refers to Bargain Buddy. You can also delete
the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Bargains; in
the Adp variant this is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\adp
instead.
Partial installs
An installer executable may be included with
the host application which attempts to download
enough of the software to run so that it then
updates itself fully. If this fails or has not
yet run, you will only have the 'bargains'
process. Kill this from the Task Manager
(ctrl-alt-del) and remove the 'Run' value
mentioned above, then you can delete the entire
Bargain Buddy directory manually.
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