Adware.NDotNet (NewDotNet) is an adware program that associates non-existent domain names with sponsored content. When an end-user enters a keyword into a browser address bar or attempts to resolve a mistaken or non-existent URL, the adware redirects the user to a sponsored page.

· Behavior
This adware component works as a Browser Helper Object.
· Symptoms
Your Symantec antivirus program detects Adware.NDotNet.
· Transmission
This adware component must be manually installed or installed as a component of another manually installed program.
· Systems Affected
Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
· Removal Tool
Symantec Security Response has developed a removal tool for this security risk. Use this removal tool first, as it is the easiest way to remove this
· File Names
Newdotnet3_88.dkk Nnezt388.exe NDNuninstall6_38.exe tldctl2.inf tldctl2.ocx newdotnet6_38.dll uninstall6_38.exe readme.txt

This adware program must be manually installed. However, there are several known programs that have Adware.NDotNet within them and that install it as the program itself is installed.

Note: Removing this adware component from the system will likely cause the program that installed it to not function as intended. The uninstaller generally identifies the programs that will not work after uninstallation.