• Browser hijacking is a form of unwanted software that modifies a web browser's settings without a user's permission, to inject unwanted advertising into...
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  • A Browser Helper Object (BHO) is a DLL module designed as a plugin for the Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser to provide added functionality. BHOs...
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  • brand Browser hijacking Clickjacking (including likejacking and cursorjacking), a phenomenon of hijacking "clicks" in a website context DLL hijacking DNS...
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  • In computer science, session hijacking, sometimes also known as cookie hijacking, is the exploitation of a valid computer session—sometimes also called...
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  • SAY Media and Lavasoft's Ad-Aware Web Companion. Many companies use browser hijacking to modify a user's home page and search page, to force Internet hits...
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    privacy-focused web browser and includes features such as built-in advertisement blocking, protections against browser fingerprinting and a private browsing mode that...
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  • Fireball is a browser hijacking malware discovered by the security company Check Point. It takes over target browsers and turns them into zombies. Check...
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  • adware. This browser hijacker has also been verified as being notoriously difficult to remove. It still takes over a user's web browser and search function...
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    to a computer. Browser hijacking can cause malware to be installed on a computer. On February 16, 2012, Trend Micro released the HijackThis source code...
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  • DNS hijacking for their own purposes, such as displaying advertisements or collecting statistics. Dutch ISPs XS4ALL and Ziggo use DNS hijacking by court...
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  • a browser hijacker component on people's computers which would advertise their site through pop-ups. The installer could turn the user's web browser into...
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  • news outlets as malware and are difficult to remove. It has both browser hijacking and rootkit capabilities. Conduit began to shift away from this part...
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  • China and India were identified as emerging contributors. Botnet Browser hijacking Comparison of antivirus software Computer security Cryptojacking Cryptovirology...
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  • been hijacked, and unsuspecting persons who installed a prompted update had their web browsers hijacked, and a virus called the "Sweet Page" browser virus...
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  • shareware and downloads. These software items are commonly browser toolbars, adware, browser hijackers, spyware, and malware. Another group of products are...
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    cookie, Internet cookie, browser cookie, or simply cookie) is a small block of data created by a web server while a user is browsing a website and placed...
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  • predecessor of VMP is the browser plug-in MetaStream from the once acquired company MetaCreations. Viewpoint Media Player is a web browser plug-in that enables...
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  • Fireball (search engine), a web search engine Fireball (software), a browser-hijacking malware Fireball Cinnamon Whisky, a cinnamon flavoured Canadian whisky...
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  • unwanted programs like the Ask Toolbar and OpenCandy which installed the browser-hijacking malware Conduit. In July 2014, the Internet Storm Center reported...
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    customizable text-based web browser for use on cursor-addressable character cell terminals. As of 2025[update], it is the oldest web browser still being maintained...
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  • applications and cause the taskbar and browser menu to become inaccessible. Some websites also employ browser hijackers to reset the user's homepage. The Federal...
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    Thai (for Thailand). Hao123 has been accused of being a malicious browser hijacker, as it often installs itself without user's consent after being installed...
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  • by many anti-virus vendors, due to the software's use of invasive browser hijacking. Takahashi, Dean (29 September 2011). "SweetLabs raises $13M for desktop...
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  • Svchost32. The website claims that they are not responsible for the browser hijacking. They run an affiliate program that pays affiliates to direct others...
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  • breach browser security, ostensibly in order to test browsers and network systems for vulnerabilities. Although not part of the browser per se, browser plugins...
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  • doi:10.1145/2342356.2342394 "How to Remove Scour.com Redirect Virus? (Browser Hijacking Virus) - Remove Malware - Zimbio". www.zimbio.com. Archived from the...
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  • bundled with Babylon and other software, has been widely identified as a browser hijacker that is very easy to install inadvertently and unnecessarily difficult...
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  • ticking yes. Version 0.9: Adware Mobogenie (optional install); Adware browser hijacker Mysearchdial (optional install). Part of "KDE for Mac" and "KDE for...
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  • Babylon Toolbar, a browser hijacker Babylon Health, a British provider of health apps Babylon.js, a real time 3D-engine for web browsers Kino Babylon, a...
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  • fixed. Comodo tracks each user's time spent using the browser, its operating system, and browser inquiries about certificate revocation, which reveal the...
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