Spyware Information: DefaultSearch.SeekSeek
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: 287,744 bytes
- Threat level: Low (more info...)
- Detections: 1,412 this month: 0
- Author: SeekSeek.com
- Appeared: October, 2003
Research
- Advertising: This program redirects your browser to www.seekseek.com.
- Browser degradation: Likely to slow performance of Internet Explorer.
- Privacy issues: From the privacy policy: "SeekSeek.com may at times collect information about users such as name, e-mail address, address, education, income and hobbies... SeekSeek.com may at times share profile information with third parties for advertising and promotional purposes. SeekSeek.com reserves the right to share, rent, sell, or disclose profile data it collects to third parties."
- Privacy policy: Online here.
Spyware Detection Stats
- Spyware Fingerprints: 91,859
- Detections: 6,792,650
- Detections this Month: 797
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