RiskWare.WebHistoryViewer is Malwarebytes' detection name for the main executable of a program designed to read the history data of different browsers on a system called BrowsingHistoryView.
BrowsingHistoryView is a utility that reads the history data of different browsers (Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Opera) and displays the browsing history of all these browsers in one table. The utility is often installed for forensic purposes to gather information about the usage of a system.
Riskware, in general, is a detection for items that are not strictly malicious, but pose some sort of risk for the user in another way. The presence of BrowsingHistoryView could indicate that ana attacker is gathering information about a user's surfing behavior without his knowledge. The detection offers users a chance to decide whether they want to keep the program.
Malwarebytes protects users from RiskWare.WebHistoryViewer by using real-time protection.
RiskWare.WebHistoryViewer
Malwarebytes can detect and remove riskware without further user interaction.
Should users wish to keep this program and exclude it from being detected in future scans, they can add the program to the exclusions list. Here’s how to do it.
If you want to allow the program to connect to the Internet, for example to fetch updates, also add an exclusion of the type Allow an application to connect to the internet and use the Browse button to select the file you wish to grant access.
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