Conducent Description:

This pesky little program is used by many Internet advertising networks and its primary objective is to collect personal data about the user. It also causes browser pop-ups and displays ads. The program has no uninstall function, so if you want to get rid of it, you have to do it manually. The distributers of this program have formed strategic partnerships with many Internet advertising companies, so this spyware is very popular.

Also known as: Timesink, tsadbot

Conducent Automatic Removal:

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Conducent Manual Removal:

• Delete these files:

  tsadbot.exe (C:\Program Files\TimeSink\AdGateway)
  tsad.dll (C:\Winnt or C:\Windows)
  vcpdll.dll (C:\Winnt or C:\Windows)
  FlexActv.dll (C:\Winnt or C:\Windows)
  Addon2VB.dll (C:\Winnt\System or C:\Windows\System) (if found)

• If you get an error message, and any of these files won't delete, they are running. If not running, go on to step 4. If any are running, go to step 3.
• If any of these files are running, try stopping it with a CTRL-ALT-DEL to bring up the End Task dialogue. You may or may not see TSADBOT on the list. (Early versions will be listed, but recent versions are stealth, and will not be listed, even when running.) Choose End Task for TSADBOT if you can. Repeat step 1 to determine if TSADBOT.EXE is now running. If running, go to step 3. If not running, go to step 4.
• Disable TSADBOT's autostart capability, then reboot. To disable autostart, use Start | Run | MSCONFIG, uncheck the Timesink agent on the startup tab, then reboot. Go to step 4.
• If any of these files will NOT delete (access denied / in use / sharing violation), you will have to restart in MS-DOS mode (press F8 during boot) to delete them using the appropriate DOS commands. If running, TSADBOT may hold a lock on its files preventing them from being deleted.

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