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Name: |
ABX Toolbar |
| Type: |
Adware |
| Also Known As: |
Adware.ABXToolbar [Symantec] |
| Danger Level: |
6 |
| Category Description: |
Program that delivers advertisements on your PC.
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. |
| Official Description: |
Popular domain names are being directed to rogue servers through an attack dubbed "DNS cache poisoning". Upon landing on these web addresses The ABX toolbar gets loaded into the PC. This appears to happen via an ActiveX control embedded in multiple iframes.
ABX is a Browser Helper Object (BHO) that displays a large number of unlabeled pop-up ads. Search Page/ Start Page of Internet Explorer are also modified.
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| Comment: |
Active-X Control installation can be vaccinated against by using the Free SPG Blocklist at http://www.spywareguide.com/blockfile.php |
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| Information URL: |
http://www.abx4.com |
| Properties: |
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