Spyware Information: AdShooter/Searchforit
This application is adware. Adware is not normally a threat, but is usually considered a nuisance. It might have been installed by another application. It can pop up advertisements even if you have a popup blocker on your computer. It can monitor your computer usage to generate ads that you are more likely to respond to. Adware can consume processing power and network bandwidth, thus slowing down your computer and interrupting your workflow.
- Size: 70,144 bytes
- Threat level: Medium (more info...)
- Detections: 33 this month: 0
- Author: www.adshooter.com
- Others by this author: Trojan.HS
- Appeared: February, 2004
Research
- Method of infection: AdShooter/Searchforit can be installed via drive-by download.
- Advertising: AdShooter/Searchforit creates popup advertisements. It can also change your homepage and redirect web page requests.
- Browser degradation: AdShooter/Searchforit may cause browser slow down due to the redirecting of web page requests.
- Privacy issues: AdShooter/Searchforit may keep track of web sites visited and report them back to its controlling server.
- Privacy policy: None found.
Spyware Detection Stats
- Spyware Fingerprints: 91,859
- Detections: 6,792,656
- Detections this Month: 803
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