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ClipGenie Adware Information
| Name: |
ClipGenie |
| Category: |
Adware |
| Advice: |
Remove |
| Risk: |
Elevated Risk
Elevated threats are usually threats that fall into the range of adware in which data about a user's habits are tracked and sent back to a server for analysis without your consent or knowledge. |
| Description:
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ClipGenie.com is a subscription-based entertainment portal that allows you to purchase and view movies on your computer. ClipGenie displays banner ads in its user interface and usually bundled with file sharing programs.
During installation, ClipGenie automatically installs the following spyware threats; DownloadWare, SwimSuitNetwork and NetworkEssentials.
"Personally identifying information collected by ClipGenie may include, but is not limited to, your: (a) first and last name; (b) home or other physical address including street name and number, and name of city or town; (c) email address, and; (d) telephone number (e) credit card or other financial information."
The demographic and personally identifying information collected by ClipGenie may be maintained separately and/or combined to create user profiles. The demographic and personally identifying information, and/or the user profiles may also be supplemented by information derived from third-party information vendors. The demographic and personally identifying information collected by ClipGenie, and/or the user profiles, may be used by ClipGenie, its licensees, licensors, agents, and assigns, and/or its client software companies and developers, as well as shared, rented, leased, sold, or otherwise made available to third-party marketing entities, advertisers, and other parties and entities, at the sole discretion of ClipGenie. Some of ClipGenie 's clients may use the demographic and personally identifying information to personalize Web pages and target ads, products and services to consumers.
Cookies – ClipGenie may also use "cookie" technology to monitor user activity on the ClipGenie Web site. A "cookie" is a small amount of data that is created by a Web server and stored on your local hard drive upon your first visit to a Web site. Cookies identify you to, and can only be accessed by, the Web server that assigned the cookie. Cookies streamline and personalize your Web browsing experience by storing passwords, purchases, and personal preferences like Web page layouts, Web content, stock symbols, etc., so that you do not have to reenter this information every time you visit a particular Web page.
Technology from ClipGenie Direct resides on your local system and operates when active in the background, dynamically collecting and transmitting volunteered anonymous demographic information and volunteered personally identifying information about you. The demographic information collected and transmitted may also include information about your operating system, Internet Protocol Address, and Internet service provider (ISP).
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| Signatures:
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process: cg.exe: MD5 Hash: 5935d71a9eaf3fbab7b...
process: notify.exe: MD5 Hash: ...
process: cg.exe: MD5 Hash: ...
process: clipg.exe: MD5 Hash: a19cd9440ebae9921f5...
process: notify.exe: MD5 Hash: 6d960d778a8fb4cef16...
process: cg.exe: MD5 Hash: 5935d71a9eaf3fbab7b.. |
| Type: |
Adware - 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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