Spyware Information: AdPower
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: 98,304 bytes
- Threat level: Low (more info...)
- Detections: 35 this month: 0
- Author: www.7adpower.com
- Appeared: 4/11/2005
Research
- Method of infection: AdPower can be installed via drive-by download.
- Advertising: AdPower displays popunder advertisements while Internet Explorer is running.
- Browser degradation: AdPower can cause some performance degradation in Internet Explorer.
- Privacy policy: None found online.
- Security issues: AdPower also can act as a dialer and change your Internet connection settings to try to dial an expensive 900 number to connect to the Internet.
Spyware Detection Stats
- Spyware Fingerprints: 91,859
- Detections: 6,792,643
- Detections this Month: 790
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