Spyware Information: Spy Sheriff
This application is adware. Adware is not normally a threat, but is usually considered a nuisance. It might have been installed by another application. It can pop up advertisements even if you have a popup blocker on your computer. It can monitor your computer usage to generate ads that you are more likely to respond to. Adware can consume processing power and network bandwidth, thus slowing down your computer and interrupting your workflow.
- Size: 325,632 bytes
- Threat level: Low (more info...)
- Detections: 39,349 this month: 1
- Author: Spy Sheriff
- Others by this author: Spy Trooper, PestTrap
- Appeared: 6/01/2005
Research
- Method of infection: Spy Sheriff is downloadable through www.spysheriff.com. May be installed by other applications or by silent ActiveX.
- Advertising: Free trial uses false positives to persuade to user to buy the full version.
- Privacy policy: Privacy Policy
Spyware Detection Stats
- Spyware Fingerprints: 91,859
- Detections: 6,795,454
- Detections this Month: 243
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