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PUPs

Toolbars

Short bio Toolbars are software extensions that are visible in the GUI of the host program. In the case of PUPs,...

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Cybercrime | News

Mindspark toolbars

November 19, 2014 - Mindspark Mindspark is a marketing company that focuses on interactive advertising. Is that wrong? Not by definition, but after receiving some...

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Cybercrime | News | Privacy

Potentially Unwanted Miners – Toolbar Peddlers Use Your System To Make BTC

November 29, 2013 - Potentially Unwanted Programs or PUPs as we like to call them, are things like Toolbars, Search Agents, etc. Unnecessary junk for...

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Patch now: Mozilla patches two critical vulnerabilities in Firefox

March 26, 2024 - Mozilla released an update of Firefox to fix two critical security vulnerabilities that together allowed an attacker to escape the sandbox.

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MALWARE

Browser hijacker

Short bio Browser hijackers, or simply hijackers, are a type of malware created for the purpose of modifying Internet browser settings without...

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PUPs

Browser Hijack Objects (BHOs)

Short bio Browser Helper Objects (BHOs) are add-ons or plugins designed for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE). Designed to enable COM objects...

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PUPs

Browser extensions

Short bio Browser extensions are computer programs that add functionality to existing browsers. They come in as many kinds (and more)...

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