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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
| Included in our products from | October 2008 (4.34) |
| Protection available since | 20 July 2007 06:33:54 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 1 September 2008 02:41:02 (GMT) |
| Detected by | Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows, versions 6 and 7 and PureMessage for Microsoft Exchange. |
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Baidu is an adware application which displays advertising popups when the browser is active.
Baidu may be installed as part of the installation for other software, such as shareware or freeware downloaded from the internet. Baidu can arrive as a result of web browsing. Visiting certain web sites may initiate the download process. Certain web pages may exploit vulnerabilities associated with Microsoft Internet Explorer to silently download and install/run the application without user interaction.
Baidu includes functionality to silently download, install and run new software, including updates of its software.
When Baidu is installed the following files are typically created:
<System>\3F56BE3E.exe
<System>\A49C5B74.exe
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