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Full Name:
Dropper.BallonPop
Type: Adware
Also Known As: BalloonPop Word Game
Created By: VisAid Development Inc.
Danger Level: 2
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: From their website:
Plays like the classic word game Hangman, but with a very funny twist. Alot of fun!.
Comment: When installed the game drops other files that download software with out users knowledge. At the time of install (11-13-2005)180 Search Assistant, Internet Optimizer, and Search Miracle are a few of the other programs installed without user's knowledge.
   
Information URL: http://www.lookoutsoft.net/freewebgames/baloonpop.html
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