Internet: Top Ten Spyware and Adware Threats Identified

Top Ten Spyware and Adware Threats Identified

Written by Lisa Smith

On December 8, 2004 Webroot, an award winning anti-spyware solution provider, released a press release identifying repparttar

ten most significant emerging spyware and adware threats. Most of these you probably haven’t heard of and a few may surprise you.

It is estimated that 9 out of 10 computers are infected with spyware, also known as, adware, scumware, malware and many others.

Here’s repparttar 118453 top 10. •PurtyScan – popup ads that trick users into installing by claiming to find and delete pornographic images.

•n-CASE - adware program that delivers targeted popup adds. This program is usually bundled with freeware.

•Gator - adware program that displays banner ads based on your Web surfing habits. This program is usually bundled with repparttar 118454 Kazaa file-sharing program, as well as other free software programs.

•CoolWebSearch – hijacks home page, Internet Explorer settings, and Web searches.

•Transponder - monitors sites visited and any data entered into online forms, and then delivers targeted ads.

•ISTbar/AUpdate – spyware posing as a toolbar. Has been reported to display porn, pop-ups, and to hijack homepage and Internet searches.

•KeenValue – an adware program that collects personal information and delivers advertisements.

•Internet Optimizer – hijacks error pages and redirects them to its own site.

The Origin Of and Removal Procedures for Bargain Buddy Adware

Written by Geoff Grace

Bargain buddy is a parasite adware thought to be created by a company named “eXact advertising”.

According to repparttar Symantec site “the files are detected as Adware.BargainBuddy” and usually require manual installation.

But this is not always so.

Adware.BargainBuddy has been found inside of other programs that can install it automatically. The ads that pop up on your screen come from repparttar 118452 following server http://adp.ikena.com/.

But when I visited this site to learn more about Bargain Buddy you simply see a blank webpage with a login box in repparttar 118453 middle.

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