Spyware Information: CWS.DNSRelay
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: 9,220 bytes
- Threat level: Medium (more info...)
- Detections: 2 this month: 0
- Author: CoolWebSearch.com
- Others by this author: CWS variants
- Appeared: 6/21/2005
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- Method of infection: CWS.DNSRelay can be installed by drive-by download. As with all CWS variants, it can also be installed through a variety of security vulnerabilities.
- Advertising: If a URL is entered in the address bar of Internet Explorer without a leading "http://" or "www", CWS.DNSRelay will hijack the browser to a search page.
- Privacy policy: None.
Spyware Detection Stats
- Spyware Fingerprints: 91,859
- Detections: 6,792,654
- Detections this Month: 801
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