HomepageProtection.dll
Homepage Protection by AOL LLC (Signed)
Overview
There are 2 versions of homepageprotection.dll in the wild, the latest version being 1.0.0.5. It is integrated as a plugin to Internet Explorer as a Browser Helper Object, often without any obvious user interface, and will load for each instance of IE. The average file size is about 121.32 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to AOL LLC by VeriSign. Some variations of the file have been seen to be installed with the program Homepage Protection from AOL Inc..
What is homepageprotection.dll?
The AOL Homepage Protection program is designed to prevent other programs form modifying your web browsers's home page and keeps it set to AOLs specified page. If it sees another prorgam attempting to change the home page it will promt the user with a popup dialog and ask them if they want to 'protect' the page from being modified.
 Details
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| File name: | homepageprotection.dll |
| Publisher: | AOL Products |
| Product name: | Homepage Protection |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\common files\homepage protection\homepageprotection.dll |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | AOL LLC |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Tuesday, July 21, 2009 |
| Expiration date: | Tuesday, July 24, 2012 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Homepage Protection.)
The AOL Homepage Protection program is designed to prevent other programs form modifying your web browsers's home page and keeps it set to AOLs specified page. If it sees another prorgam attempting to...
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of homepageprotection.dll, select a unique version for details.)
Internet Explorer Browser Helper Object
Located in the registry at 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects'
- BHO CLSID: {ABD3B5E1-B268-407B-A150-2641DAB8D898}
All file variations of homepageprotection.dll
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
66.67% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
33.33% |
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Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
60.00% |
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| Sony |
40.00% |
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