Spyware Information: RapidBlaster
This application is spyware. Spyware software generally does not provide any services to you; rather, it is primarily designed to watch you as you use your computer or surf the Internet, and report this information to hackers, advertising companies or other individuals who have placed the spyware on your computer.
Spyware is often bundled with free software. The company which produces the free software gets paid by advertising companies for each computer that becomes "infected" with the spyware. To protect their revenue, the free software companies will sometimes force you to run the advertising spyware to use their free software.
- Size: 73,800 bytes
- Threat level: Low (more info...)
- Detections: 222 this month: 0
- Author: RapidBlaster
- Appeared: 3/8/2005
Research
- Method of infection: RapidBlaster is installed via drive-by downloads and misleading links on popup advertisements.
- Advertising: RapidBlaster creates popup advertisements, usually for pornography related sites.
- Browser degradation: RapidBlaster hijacks certain Internet Explorer default pages.
- Privacy issues: RapidBlaster tracks your web-surfing habits and sends that information back to its controlling servers.
- Privacy policy: None.
- Security issues: RapidBlaster can silently download and install other applications without human interaction or consent. It frequently installs dialers.
Spyware Detection Stats
- Spyware Fingerprints: 91,859
- Detections: 6,792,657
- Detections this Month: 804
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