Spyware Information: SideStep
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: 208,896 bytes
- Threat level: Low (more info...)
- Detections: 1,973 this month: 0
- Author: Unknown
- Appeared: 9/15/2004
Research
- Advertising: SideStep is activated when the affected computer browses a travel-related website (e.g. www.expedia.com). It then installs a menu in Internet Explorer with travel information from SideStep affiliates and links, shortcuts, and registry keys on the affected computer.
- Browser degradation: Likely to slow down performance of Internet Explorer
- Privacy policy: None.
Spyware Detection Stats
- Spyware Fingerprints: 91,859
- Detections: 6,792,656
- Detections this Month: 803
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