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SearchAndBrowse Toolbar Information
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SearchAndBrowse |
| Category: |
Toolbar |
| Alias: |
- Alias: Mirar webband, NN_Bar |
| 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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SearchAndBrowse is an Internet Explorer toolbar, that hijacks your search and error page.
It also adds bookmarks to IE's Favorites menu, and hijacks search and error page settings to point to the same site.
SearchAndBrowse is distributed by an ActiveX drive-by download in pop-up adverts sourced through popupsponsor.com/targetwords.com.
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Toolbar - Spyware's primary purpose is to collect demographic and usage information from your computer, usually for advertising purposes. Spyware usually that 'sneaks' onto a system or performs other activities hidden to the user. Spyware programs are usually bundled as a hidden component and downloaded from the Internet. These modules are almost always installed on the system secretively and try to run secretively as well. |
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