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Clickspring Browser Hijacker Information
| Name: |
Clickspring |
| Category: |
Browser Hijacker |
| Alias: |
- Alias: BrowserAid variant, Browser Pal |
| 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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Clickspring is software that displays popup/popunder ads. These ads tend be random in nature.
Clickspring is software that displays popup/popunder ads. These ads tend be random in nature. It infects Internet Explorer as a Browser Helper Object: (BHO) sharing IE’s memory which allows it to perform any action that is available to Windows and IE. Clickspring will also replace banner advertisements with other ads.
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| Signatures:
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process: :#1077;:#1093;plorer.exe: MD5 Hash: ...
process: ru.exe: MD5 Hash: 7c94b6c3d47a4a4f1c8...
process: iouc.exe: MD5 Hash: 7c94b6c3d47a4a4f1c8...
process: yunguyo.exe: MD5 Hash: cdf99be1d11fb1540b0.. |
| Type: |
Browser Hijacker - 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. |
Top Browser Hijacker Visited Pages:
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CoolWebSearch - Alias: CWS, Cool Web Serach, CoolWwwSearch - 50 visits
SecurityToolbar.DesktopScam - 46 visits
Paytime - 41 visits
Trojan.StartPage - Alias: SearchCentral - 37 visits
Search3 Hijacker - 31 visits
SBSoft - 31 visits
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