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Friday, 05 August 2005 |
Type: Spyware
In the wild: No
Destructive: No
Language: English
Systems affected: Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP
Encrypted: No
Overall risk rating: Low
Reported detections: Low
System impact: High
Information exposure: Low
Description:
This spyware may arrive (in a computer) as part of another malware?s installation package, or is installed when the user visits a particular Web site that downloads the spyware onto the system (Using malicious script). It may also be manually downloaded by the user.
This spyware may have been meant as a downloader for a program called Internet Optimizer. Internet optimizer can either be a spyware or adware itself, or may come bundled with other programs that are known adware/spyware.
However, test at TrendLabs indicate that the spyware is unable to complete its downloading procedure due to some errors in its code. |
