List of Known Spyware
Generating pop-ups, damaging and/or slowing computers:
- Bonzi Buddy
- Cydoor
- Gator, made by the Claria Corporation (Advertising, pop ups, privacy violation, significant security risk, partially disables firewalls, some stability issues. Gator has a reputation as difficult to remove once installed.)
- New.net (security risk, stability issues, common cause of inability to connect)
- ShopAtHomeSearch
Hijacking browsers:
- CoolWebSearch - a well-known browser hijacker; some variants have a reputation for damaging the TCP stack when forcibly uninstalled
- Euniverse
- Xupiter
Masquerading as a spyware-remover:
Miscellaneous:
- Internet Optimizer (Advertising, fake alert messages, possible privacy violation, security risk)
- MarketScore (Claims to speed up Internet connections: serious privacy violation, loss of Internet connection on some systems)
- CnsMin (Made in China; privacy violation. Preset in many Japanese PCs as JWord!)
Known programs bundling adware
- Kazaa
- Bearshare
- DivX (except for the paid version, and the 'standard' version without the encoder)
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