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EZ-Toolbar Browser Plug-in Information
| Name: |
EZ-Toolbar |
| Category: |
Browser Plug-in |
| Advice: |
Remove |
| Risk: |
Moderate Risk
Moderate threats may profile users online habits or broadcast data back to a server with 'opt-out' permission. In most cases this type of threat is more along the lines of commercial type adware that offer a premium service in exchange for tracking your user online performance. |
| Description:
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PickOfTheWeb Toolbar is an adware toolbar that bundles other adwares from whenu.com
By installing this software product will monitor your traffic patterns on the Internet in order to create a profile that is used to select and deliver Targeted Advertising that the Company believes should be of interest to its users (the "personal profile"). Some of the personally identifiable information that are presently collected and stored in a personal profile are: your company-specific ID (the "ID"), which is a numeric identifier that is generated by the company when you download and/or install the Software Product; information about the web pages that you visit -- this information includes a websites Uniform Resource Locator ("URL"), time spent at a particular website, transaction activity, website entry and exit patterns, as well as the products and information that you view at the website, running history of special offers and advertising delivered by the software product, and your various responses to same and standard web log information and system settings, such as your IP addresses, browser type and versions, screen resolution, time zone selected and the version numbers of some of the software programs installed on your personal computer etc.
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| Type: |
Browser Plug-in - Adware is generally software that displays advertisements. Some advertisers may covertly install adware on your system and generate a stream of unsolicited advertisements that can clutter your desktop and affect your productivity. The advertisements may also contain pornographic or other material that you might find inappropriate. The extra processing required to track you or to display advertisements can tax your computer and hurt your system performance. |
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