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2. Spybot – Search & Destroy - Wikipedia

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   Spybot – Search & Destroy. Spybot – Search & Destroy (S&D) is a spyware and adware removal computer program compatible with Microsoft Windows. Dating back to the first Adwares in 2000, Spybot scans the computer hard disk and/or RAM for malicious software. Spybot-S&D was written by the German software engineer Patrick Michael Kolla, and is ...

3. Adblock Plus - Wikipedia

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   Adblock Plus (ABP) is a free and open-source [11] [12] browser extension for content-filtering and ad blocking.It is developed by Eyeo GmbH, a German software company.The extension has been released for Mozilla Firefox (including mobile), [13] Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge (Chromium based version), Opera, Safari, Yandex Browser, and Android.

4. List of spyware programs - Wikipedia

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   Hermit is a toolkit developed by RCS Lab for government agencies to spy on iOS and Android mobile phones. HuntBar, aka WinTools or Adware.Websearch, was installed by an ActiveX drive-by download at affiliate Web sites, or by advertisements displayed by other spyware programs—an example of how spyware can install more spyware.

5. Browser hijacking - Wikipedia

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   A previous installer of SourceForge included adware and PUP installers. [26] One particular one changes the browser settings of Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer to show the website "istartsurf.com" as the homepage. It does so by changing registry settings and installing software which resets the settings if the user tries to change them.

6. SpywareBlaster - Wikipedia

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   Overview. SpywareBlaster is a program intended to prevent the download, installation and execution of most spyware, adware, browser hijackers, dialers and other malicious programs based on ActiveX. SpywareBlaster works on the basis of "blacklists" (Activating the "Killbit") Clsid of known malware programs, preventing them from infecting the ...

7. Spyware - Wikipedia

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   t. e. Spyware (a portmanteau for spying software) is any software with malicious behavior that aims to gather information about a person or organization and send it to another entity in a way that harms the user by violating their privacy, endangering their device's security, or other means.