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ViewPoint Beta Potential Privacy Risk Information
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ViewPoint Beta |
| Category: |
Potential Privacy Risk |
| Alias: |
- Alias: Alexa, Alexa Internet |
| Advice: |
Keep |
| Risk: |
Low Risk
Low risk threats pose a very low risk or no immediate danger to your computer or your privacy, however these types of applications may profile user online habits, but only according to specific privacy policies stated in the applications End-User License. These types of threats generally borderline on being a threat to being a standard application that has a complex license agreement that you knowingly installed. |
| Description:
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ViewPoint Toolbar will hijack your search queries and also transmits non personally identifiable information back to their servers
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| Signatures:
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process: viewbarinstallerbeta.exe: MD5 Hash: 5f653b51cb8660a354b...
process: viewbarinstallerbeta.exe: MD5 Hash: 5f653b51cb8660a354b.. |
| Type: |
Potential Privacy Risk - A browser plug-in is an application that can be installed within a user's web browser. Plug-ins can come in the form of a toolbar that is included in your web browser or a search or navigation feature to extra task buttons on the browser. Although most plug-ins are designed to perform necessary functions, many plug-ins are harmful to you computer because they have complete access to your web browser and can modify, spy and redirect any task you perform. |
Top Potential Privacy Risk Visited Pages:
Alexa Toolbar - Alias: Alexa, Alexa Internet - 23 visits
Telephone Spy - 19 visits
NetRatings Premeter - Alias: Spyware.Netrat - 17 visits
Spyblocs.eBlocs - 15 visits
ViewPoint Beta - 12 visits
Random Potential Privacy Risk Pages:
ViewPoint Beta
Telephone Spy
Spyblocs.eBlocs
NetRatings Premeter - Alias: Spyware.Netrat
Alexa Toolbar - Alias: Alexa, Alexa Internet
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