Gator Advertising Information Network (GAIN)

Overview

The Gator Advertising Information Network (GAIN) deliver advertisement to end users using adware developed by The Gator Corporation. The ads include the GAIN name or logo, so you'll know they're delivered by the Gator Corporation, not by a website.
There are a variety of applications that are GAIN ad-supported, some published by The Gator Corporation (Gator eWallet, Precision Time, Date Manager, and OfferCompanion), and some third party applications published by the GAIN partners, such as DivX Pro, Kazaa, Blubster and iMesh. If you contact the Technical Support department at support@gatorcorporation.com they should be able to assist you with the GAIN-supported applications on your computer.

GAIN is sometimes installed by the Trickler stub. Trickler is hidden in the background and downloads the GAIN adware very slowly.

The Gator Corporation has changed its name to Claria Corporation.

Files

CMESys.exe, trickler.exe, fsg.exe, fsg-ag.exe, fsg*.exe, iegator.dll, GAIN_TRICKLER_*.EXE, gain_trickler_3202.exe

If you have any of the files related to Gator Advertising Information Network (GAIN) on your system, please send them for additional analysis. Generally, I have only analysed a few versions for each software component listed at this web site. With your help I will be able to look at both old and more recent versions of the Gator Advertising Information Network (GAIN) software. Thank you very much for your time!

Classification

Adware

Log references

Log 109 Log 1071 Log 1211

Privacy policy

The Gator Corporation Privacy Statement and End User License Agreement

Detection

Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner detects Gator Advertising Information Network (GAIN). Bazooka is freeware and detects spyware, adware, foistware, trojan horses, viruses, worms and other potentially unwanted applications. Read more »

Uninstall notice for Gator Advertising Information Network (GAIN)

Notice that removing Gator Advertising Information Network (GAIN) may cause the program that bundled it to not function as intended.

Uninstall procedure

GAIN adware should be uninstalled according with the manufacturer's license. You can also find uninstall instructions at gainpublishing.com.

Note: Sometimes the uninstaller from the vendor leaves "%WinDir%\temp\adware\" on your hard drive which has to be removed manually.
Note: %WinDir% is a variable (?). By default, this is C:\Windows (Windows 95/98/Me/XP) or C:\WINNT (Windows NT/2000).

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Manual removal

Please follow the instructions below if you would like to remove Gator Advertising Information Network (GAIN) 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 Gator Advertising Information Network (GAIN) remains on your system after stepping through the removal instructions, please double-check by stepping through them again. Use the manual removal only if the suggested procedure from the vendor failed.

1. Click "Start" -> "Programs" or "All Programs" -> "Autostart" or "Startup"
2. Delete the value pointing to 'GMT.exe'
3. 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.)
4. Browse to the key:
   'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run'
5. In the right pane, delete the values called 'CMESys', 'CME', 'Trickler', and 'trickler_bic_GatorDM_4010', if they exists.
6. Exit the registry editor.
7. Restart your computer.
8. Start Windows Explorer and delete:
   %ProgramsDir%\Common Files\CMEII\
   %ProgramsDir%\iMesh\Client\fsg.exe
   %WinDir%\temp\adware\
   Note: %SystemDir% is a variable (?). By default, this is C:\Windows\System (Windows 95/98/Me), C:\WINNT\System32 (Windows NT/2000), or C:\Windows\System32 (Windows XP).

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