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2. OpenCandy - Wikipedia

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   OpenCandy was an adware module and a potentially unwanted program classified as malware by many anti-virus vendors. [1] [2] [3] [4] They flagged OpenCandy due to its undesirable side-effects. [5] [6] It was designed to run during installation of other desired software.

3. Malicious Software Removal Tool - Wikipedia

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   Malicious Software Removal Tool. Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool ( MSRT) is a freeware second-opinion malware scanner that Microsoft 's Windows Update downloads and runs on Windows computers each month, independent of the install antivirus software. First released on January 13, 2005, [2] MSRT does not offer real-time protection.

4. Fireball (software) - Wikipedia

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   Fireball manipulates the infected browsers and turn their default search engines and home pages into the above-mentioned fake search engines, which enable the software to spy on users of the infected browsers. The Fireball malware does not conform to usual characteristics of bundled software.

5. Zeus (malware) - Wikipedia

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   Zeus is very difficult to detect even with up-to-date antivirus and other security software as it hides itself using stealth techniques. [5] It is considered that this is the primary reason why the Zeus malware has become the largest botnet on the Internet: Damballa estimated that the malware infected 3.6 million PCs in the U.S. in 2009. [6] Security experts are advising that businesses ...

6. Cydoor - Wikipedia

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   This software can be removed by most anti-spyware programs, such as Ad-Aware and Spybot - Search & Destroy .

7. Privacy-invasive software - Wikipedia

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   Today, software-based privacy invasions manifest across various facets of internet usage. Spyware discreetly downloads and executes on users' workstations to collect and distribute user information. Adware, often based on personal data retrieved by spyware, displays commercial content and advertisements.