BargainBuddy (also known as Bargains, Acup, Ikena) is a Browser Helper Object that monitors keywords in web pages and terms entered into forms. If it find a match it will display a targeted adverstisement. The program may contact its server to download and update the adverstisements and the software itself.
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Bargain Buddy may be installed by various adware, such as vCatch, LimeWire, FavoriteMan and Net2Phone CommCenter.
Some versions can be removed from the Add/Remove Programs option in the Control Panel. This option seems to be missing in the newer Net2Phone version. Try this:
1) Unregister the DLL file first.
In BargainBuddy/Apuc, this DLL is inside the Bargain Buddy folder in 'Program Files'. Here there will be one or more 'bin*' folders, replace * with numeric number. In each folder there is a file called apuc.dll. If, for example, it's in 'bin2', the commands to enter (from a DOS command prompt window, under Start->Programs->Accessories) would be:
cd "%WinDir%\System"
regsvr32 /u "\Program Files\Bargain Buddy\bin2\apuc.dll"
In BargainBuddy/Version, enter the following commands:
cd "%WinDir%\System"
regsvr32 /u "\Program Files\Net2Phone CommCenter\CC_Versn.dll".
2) Open Task Manager (ctrl-alt-delete), end the 'Bargains' process.
3) Delete the entire 'Bargain Buddy' folder.
4) Run the registry editor(Click Start > Run and type ' Regedit').
5) Locate and expand the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, find and delete the Bargain Buddy entry.
6) Find and delete the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Bargains; in the Adp variant this is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\adp instead.
