Once downloaded, it secretly installs a malicious adware tool known in security circles as Hotbar.
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There are also many informal efforts that produce utility programs to remove particular sorts of spyware and adware.
For one thing, it makes the download process more transparent, so you really know you're signing up for its adware.
And in November the virus bunch moved to a new venue:adware.
The manufacturers put that stuff on PCs and then the user puts Itunes, spyware, adware, and other crap that runs at startup and bogs down their pcs.
Although the numbers of computer viruses are growing every day, many makers of malicious programs have started putting their energy into creating so-called spyware and adware programs.
Adware is ubiquitous on the Internet, but it isn't yet clear how far this latest piece of crime-by-design--so new it hasn't yet been given a cool name--has spread.
One site found by Sunbelt used this vulnerability to install huge amounts of spyware and adware on a PC even though the machine was patched with the latest updates.
In a report from IDC last month, the analyst firm described how hundreds of tests on pirate software sources showed that more than a third led to Trojans and malicious adware.
Sites that exploit browser security holes to install software (such as malware, spyware, viruses, adware and Trojan horses) are in violation of our quality guidelines and may be removed from Google's index.
As a warning to members, Facebook lists 13 programs on its website as "adware" that give users "special Facebook powers, " such as customizing a profile page, but cover up portions of its site with ads.
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