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PC and Internet settings without permission, etc. These applications are called
spyware.
4.3.1
Spyware threats
This category includes the following applications that operate secretly:
•
Adware – a kind of Internet marketing where ad banners are implemented
into freeware and shareware. While using such applications, the user has to
see banners sent over the Internet. This increases traffic and slows down
the Internet connection
•
Spyware – These are applications that secretly gather and transfer personal
information to a third party without your knowledge or consent. Spyware
might be included in various products, including commercial
•
Browser hijacking – that change Home, search, and other pages for your
Internet browsers
•
Dialers – these can secretly establish an Internet connection to load usually
adult content
In the Settings of this component, you can select the spyware kind to clean up.
By default, it is set to remove any kind of spyware.
Spyware threats settings
4.3.2
Browser pages hijacking
Internet browsers have preset Web pages that load automatically under particular
conditions. These include the home page that is loaded along with the browser,
search page, and default page.
Some applications can secretly change these pages, and in most cases, users
can't restore the previous settings themselves, as all changes are made to
Windows registry.
Browser pages hijacking clean-up easily solves this problem by remembering
preset Web pages to restore in case they are changed.
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