Spyware Information: 2nd-Thought
This is a hijacker application. Hijackers take control of your web browser's settings, and usually change your homepage, search page or other default pages to point to web sites owned by the hijacker. Since the hijackers can make money based on the number of visits to their web sites, they benefit from forcing you to view their web sites each time your web browser opens.
Hijackers don't normally damage your computer or steal your personal information.
- Size: 29,696 bytes
- Threat level: Low (more info...)
- Detections: 8,299 this month: 0
- Appeared: January, 2004
Research
- Advertising: Second Thought changes your search page and homepage to pornographic sites (from which it receives advertising revenue).
It may also continuously change your homepage and search page to prevent you from mitigating its effects.
- Privacy issues: Second Thought records information about your web browsing and sends that back to its servers. It is likely then sold to third parties.
- Privacy policy: Available online here. (note: the privacy policy starts about one screen-length down the page)
- Security issues: Second Thought can silently and automatically download and install updates to itself as well as third-party software.
- Stability issues: The software Second Thought installs could cause significant instability.
Spyware Detection Stats
- Spyware Fingerprints: 91,859
- Detections: 6,792,637
- Detections this Month: 784
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