Spyware Information: Briss
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: 49,152 bytes
- Threat level: Medium (more info...)
- Detections: 424 this month: 0
- Author: Unknown
- Appeared: 2/2/2005
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- Method of infection: Briss can be installed via drive-by download. It also is installed by some spyware downloaders.
- Advertising: Briss creates popup advertisements while Internet Explorer is open. These advertisements appear to be untargetted.
- Browser degradation: Briss can cause significant performance degradation in Internet Explorer.
- Privacy issues: Briss contains a keylogger component that can gather keystrokes and send them to its controlling server. It also tracks your web-surfing habits and send that information to its controlling servers.
Spyware Detection Stats
- Spyware Fingerprints: 91,859
- Detections: 6,792,656
- Detections this Month: 803
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