Spyware Information: ShopAtHomeSelect
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: 1,160,192 bytes
- Threat level: Low (more info...)
- Detections: 34,429 this month: 1
- Author: Belcaro Group Inc.
- Appeared: Variants from September, 2003 to February, 2004
Research
- Method of infection: ShopAtHomeSelect is bundled with Grokster, IMesh, and Favoriteman.
- Advertising: None.
- Browser degradation: ShopAtHomeSelect accesses its servers while the browser is trying to access the internet, which can cause significant performance degradation. As with any LSP, ShopAtHomeSelect can cause a slow or broken internet connection.
- Privacy issues: ShopAtHomeSelect assigns affected computers with a unique ID. This ID is used to track browsing habits of popular merchant websites. ShopAtHomeSelect is a layered service provider (LSP). LSPs have access to all information that flows in and out of an affected computer's network connection.
- Privacy policy: Available online here.
- Security issues: ShopAtHomeSelect can download and silently install third-party software without any human interaction.
- Stability issues: ShopAtHomeSelect is a layered service provider (LSP). LSPs, if installed or removed improperly, can cause the internet connection of the afflicted computer to break. SpyCatcher automatically repairs Windows when it removes an LSP.
Spyware Detection Stats
- Spyware Fingerprints: 91,859
- Detections: 6,792,653
- Detections this Month: 800
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