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Toolbars
Short bio Toolbars are software extensions that are visible in the GUI of the host program. In the case of PUPs,...
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...
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...
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.
Browser hijacker
Short bio Browser hijackers, or simply hijackers, are a type of malware created for the purpose of modifying Internet browser settings without...
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...
Browser extensions
Short bio Browser extensions are computer programs that add functionality to existing browsers. They come in as many kinds (and more)...