Note that many websites have their own advertising, unrelated to adware.
Adware is any software application in which advertising is displayed while the program is running. The authors of these applications include additional code that delivers the ads, which can be viewed through pop-up windows or through a bar that appears on a computer screen and sometimes through text links or in integrated search results. Adware may or may not track personal information. It may also gather information anonymously or in aggregate only. Users should check the EULA and Privacy policy to ensure if the adware on their machines conforms to their standards.
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SmartBrowser is controlled by smart-browser.com. In our studies it changes the default home page. It opens pop-up pornographic advertising. Examples included extremelybabes.com and extremelyamateurs.com, and redirects attempted access of other pornographic sites to these sites instead. (Caution: these sites may attempt to load premium-rate dialers.)
EULA grants right to change and redirect 404 (page not found traffic) to their "publicity page".
Can open pop-ups or redirect the browser to a different page when a targeted URL is visited.
EULA demonstrates notable security risks.
- "YOU AGREE THAT UPON ENTERING ANY SITES UNDER THE CATEGORY THAT FEETS OUR PUBLISHERS CATEGORIES ,AN ADVERISEMENT MATCHING THAT CATEGORY WOULD POP UP, AND"
- "YOU AGREE THAT YOUR COMPUTER WILL BE USED TO CONNECT TO OUR SERVER FOR ANY UPDATES OR ADDINS. AND"
- "YOU KNOW AND AGREE THAT YOUR COMPUTER WILL BE USED TO SEND EMAILS(PUBLISHMENT & FILES) TO YOUR FRIENDS (USING YOUR LOCAL USER DATABASE) AND TO OUR LISTS .AND YOU ASSURE US THAT YOU WON?T CONSIDER THAT A VIOLATIONS OF YOUR PRIVACY OR ANY OTHER RIGHT. AND"
- "YOU KNOW AND AGREE THAT YOUR COMPUTER WILL BE USED TO CONNECT TO CHATS IRC, YAHOO ,MSN ,ETC IN ORDER TO PUBLISH OUR PRODUCTS."
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