content=Pay to surf program. Status; discontinued.
infourl=none; Status; discontinued.
[Adware]
content=Ad client.
infourl=http://www.adware.com/
[Alexa]
content=Installed with Internet Explorer and some Microsoft updates. Alexa is the "What's Related links" feature on your Internet Explorer toolbar. Alexa technology uses a 'web crawler' (bot) only when the toolbar is in use.
content=Formerly Aveo/Attune. Now owned by Alset (CMGI Ventures http://www.cmgi.com) Used to 'upsell' users to a newer software by serving an ad to the user.
infourl=http://www.alset.com/
[BargainBuddy]
content=IE Browser Helper Object. Monitors web pages requested and terms entered into forms.
content=Capable of installing components and selling your hard drive space, CPU cycles, and bandwidth. (warning: if you go there with BDE installed it will try to install more components and updates automatically).
infourl=http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/BDE.html
[BroadCastPC]
content=Tracks web usage. Targeting is based on web usage patterns. Delivers ads (tv and HTML) at specific times even if the user is offline. Downloads and deletes content from users PC's. Uses 'viral' marketing.
infourl=http://www.broadcastpc.tv/newbpc1.php
[BrowserAid]
content=Variations may install a toolbar. Some versions cause popups.
content=IE Browser Helper Object. Connects to its controlling servers, which may direct it to download and install other programs, add entries to the IE Favorites or Desktop.
content=Installs a BHO. Search engine hijack. Adds a search result sidebar with its own links when a search is performed. Also known as SubSearch or Qual Net.
content=Perports to be a pop up stopper. Actually cause pop ups (including porn) to occur, may hijack homepages.
infourl=none available.
[Kontiki]
content=Assigns you an unique ID, tracks content delivered through the Kontiki Downloadmanager
infourl=none available.
[Lop.com]
content=Malware, browser and system hijacker, installs expensive porn dialers, cloaks your registry.
infourl=http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/lop.html
[MarketDart]
content=No Information Available
infourl=none available.
[Marketscore(Netsetter)]
content=Claims to increase the speed of your internet connection. Every web connection you make, including 'secure' connections, goes through the proxies and is logged and analysed on behalf of MarketScore's customer companies.
content=Possible attempt to control\redirect the browser. This object referrs to a "blacklisted" site.
infourl=none available.
[PStopper]
content=Popup-stopper that generates popups
infourl=none available.
[PurityScan]
content=System hijacker, ad client. Claims to be a service that scans for porn on systems. Causes massive numbers of popups. Purityscans website to refers to the ads as "Several PROMOTIONAL CONSOLES (daughter console/interstitial)."
content=Installs a Winsock 2 Layered Service Provider that redirects visits to merchant sites in order to take the affiliate fees from them automatically.
content=Advertising software. Ads are shown based on URLs visited by the user, search terms typed into search engines, page viewed by the user, the country and/or zip code of the user. Tracks browser use.
content=Browser and search hijacker. Offers free software downloads from downloadalot.com that are actually a small program to hijack the users browser.
infourl=none available.
[SearchbarCash]
content=Also known as ISTbar (AUpdate variant). IE toolbar, homepage, and search hijacker.
content=A toolbar offering search features via searchit.com. Installed by ActiveX drive-by downloads in pop-up ads. Tracks users. Automatically updates itself and installs other software on the system.
content=Ad client bundled with free software downloads.
infourl=http://www.showbehind.com/privacy.html
[SiteHlper BHO]
content=Installs as a BHO. Causes pop up ads. Tracks browsing and some computer use. Variants include Blackstone, VX2, TPS108, MSView, NetPal, and SiteHlpr.
content=Thiefware. Inserts its own green links on the website you are visiting. Previously also installed 'EasyLink'. *Surf+ has stopped its link overlay portion os its software in newer versions.
infourl=none available.
[Teknum Updater]
content=No Information Available.
infourl=none available.
[TGDC(md)]
content=Thiefware. Browser hijacker.
infourl=none available.
[TIB Browser]
content=Porn dialer implemented in an third party Browser.
infourl=none available.
[Timesink]
content=Timesink/Conducent Ad client.Supposedly out of business, yet the software is still widely in use.
content=Installs as a BHO. Causes pop up ads. Tracks browsing and some computer use. Variants include Blackstone, VX2, TPS108, MSView, NetPal, and SiteHlpr.
content=This cookie is known to collect information used either for targeted advertising, or tracking users across a particular website, such as page views or ad click-thrus.
infourl=none available.
[Transponder]
content=Installs as a BHO. Causes pop up ads. Tracks browsing and some computer use. Variants include Blackstone, VX2, TPS108, MSView, NetPal, and SiteHlpr.
content=Internet Explorer toolbar with a pop-up blocking feature, which also hijacks homepage and search settings. Also known as ZeroPopUpBar. *Note not affilliated with "ZeroPopup" by "Tooto Technologies".