Spyware Information: 2020search
This is a Browser Helper Object (BHO). BHO's connect to Internet Explorer while it's running, and share information. BHO's were originally designed to allow Internet Explorer to handle new types of data and to offer new features not originally designed into the product (like search toolbars, for example). But because BHO's have access to all the information about the web sites that you visit (and because BHO's run on your computer and could potentially do anything they want), they have been used by advertising companies and others to track you online.
- Size: 1,205,248 bytes
- Threat level: Low (more info...)
- Detections: 8,375 this month: 4
- Appeared: July, 2003
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- Method of infection: 2020search is bundled with ad-supported software. It can also be downloaded directly from their website.
- Advertising: 2020search creates targeted contextual, interstitial, popup and popunder advertisements while Internet Explorer is running.
- Privacy issues: 2020search tracks your web-surfing habits and reports that data back to its controlling servers. It uses that information to provide targeted advertisements.
- Privacy policy: Available online here.
Spyware Detection Stats
- Spyware Fingerprints: 91,859
- Detections: 6,792,657
- Detections this Month: 804
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