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.

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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.

  1. 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.)
  2. Browse to the key:
    'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run'
  3. In the right pane, delete the values called 'POP', 'AutoUpdater' and 'AutoLoaderAproposClient', if they exists.
  4. Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Classes \ CLSID \ {645FD3BC-C314-4F7A-9D2E-64D62A0FDD78}', if it exists.
  5. Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Classes \ CLSID \ {65C8C1F5-230E-4DC9-9A0D-F3159A5E7778}', if it exists.
  6. Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Classes \ CLSID \ {B3BE5046-8197-48FB-B89F-7C767316D03C}', if it exists.
  7. Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Browser Helper Objects \ {2737A6C0-7E24-11D7-B299-00E0297E0844}', if it exists.
  8. Browse to the key:
    'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Internet Explorer \ Toolbar'
  9. In the right pane, delete the value called {645FD3BC-C314-4F7A-9D2E-64D62A0FDD78}, if it exists.
  10. Browse to the key:
    'HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Internet Explorer \ Toolbar \ WebBrowser'
  11. In the right pane, delete the value called {645FD3BC-C314-4F7A-9D2E-64D62A0FDD78}, if it exists.
  12. Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Uninstall \ AMServer \ DisplayName', if it exists.
  13. Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ POP \ Files', if it exists.
  14. Exit the registry editor.
  15. Restart your computer.
  16. Delete the following directory:
    C:\Program Files\AutoUpdate\
    C:\apropos_client_loader.exe

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