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Apropos
Overview
Apropos is a component of the PeopleOnPage software.
Apropos Ads may be displayed in a variety of formats including:
-- Pop-Up or Pop-Under Windows which will appear as windows on top of or beneath other windows on the computer screen.
-- Sliding Skyscraper Windows which will appear as sliding images displayed over POP! content.
Source
Classification
Adware
Variants
Apropos
Apropos.bho
Files
sysmonn.exe, sysmono.exe, monpop.exe, AutoUpdate.exe, popsrv184.exe, popsrv185.exe, popsrv205.exe, POP205.DLL
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Vendor
PeopleOnPage, Inc. whois
Privacy policy
PeopleOnPages privacy policy
Detection
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Uninstall procedure
Uninstall Apropos from "Add/Remove Programs" in the Windows® Control Panel.
Look for entries called 'AM Server' and 'POP'.
If you run into problems uninstalling, please contact the
vendor for
support.
Uninstall Apropos with FreeFixer
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The tool is called FreeFixer
and can help you remove unwanted Browser Helper Objects, Internet Explorer toolbars
and software that starts automatically when you reboot your computer, so it can offer some
assistance while uninstalling Apropos. The manual removal instructions
listed below will help you to identify what to delete with
FreeFixer.
Read more about FreeFixer.
Manual removal
Please follow the instructions below if you would like to remove Apropos manually. Please
notice that you must follow the instructions very carefully and delete everything that is mentioned. In most
cases the removal will fail if one single item is not deleted. If Apropos remains on your system
after stepping through the removal instructions, please double-check by stepping through them again.
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Start the registry editor. This is done by clicking Start then Run.
(The Run dialog will appear.) Type regedit and click OK. (The registry editor will open.)
- Browse to the key:
'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run'
- In the right pane, delete the values called 'POP', 'AutoUpdater' and 'AutoLoaderAproposClient', if they exists.
- Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Classes \ CLSID \ {645FD3BC-C314-4F7A-9D2E-64D62A0FDD78}', if it exists.
- Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Classes \ CLSID \ {65C8C1F5-230E-4DC9-9A0D-F3159A5E7778}', if it exists.
- Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Classes \ CLSID \ {B3BE5046-8197-48FB-B89F-7C767316D03C}', if it exists.
- Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Browser Helper Objects \ {2737A6C0-7E24-11D7-B299-00E0297E0844}', if it exists.
- Browse to the key:
'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Internet Explorer \ Toolbar'
- In the right pane, delete the value called {645FD3BC-C314-4F7A-9D2E-64D62A0FDD78}, if it exists.
- Browse to the key:
'HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Internet Explorer \ Toolbar \ WebBrowser'
- In the right pane, delete the value called {645FD3BC-C314-4F7A-9D2E-64D62A0FDD78}, if it exists.
- Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Uninstall \ AMServer \ DisplayName', if it exists.
- Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ POP \ Files', if it exists.
- Exit the registry editor.
- Restart your computer.
- Delete the following directory:
C:\Program Files\AutoUpdate\
C:\apropos_client_loader.exe
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Contact information for Apropos's vendor
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