Remove Spyware and Malware :: Threats Listed by Category
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- Adware
- Adware is generally software that displays advertisements. Some advertisers may covertly install adware on your system and generate a stream of unsolicited advertisements that can clutter your desktop and affect your productivity. The advertisements may also contain pornographic or other material that you might find inappropriate.
The extra processing required to track you or to display advertisements can tax your computer and hurt your system performance.
- Adware Bundlers
- An Adware Bundler is a program, typically downloadable, that besides containing the desired program has additional adware programs. The adware programs are installed along with the primary program. The trade off is the primary program is provided "free" in exchange for allowing the adware to be installed.
- AOL Exploits
- AOL Exploit - A Trojan software is any software on a user's computer that the user is not aware or intentionally installed. Most Trojan software is designed to perform some sort of actions that could jeopardize the user's security or privacy.
- Backdoors
- A backdoor is a means of access to a computer program that bypasses any computer security mechanisms. Computer attackers often use backdoors as part of an exploit or Trojan to gain access to a user's computer. In some cases, a worm is designed to take advantage of a backdoor created by an earlier attack.
- Browser Hijacker
- A form of malware or spyware that replaces the existing internet browser home page, error page, or search page with its own URL (internet address). The purpose is to redirect your browser to specific web pages other than the web site you were attempting to connect to.
- Browser Plug-in
- A browser plugin is a small program that is installed so that it adds additional functionality to a web browser (such as Internet Explorer). While some browser plugins are quite useful (ex: Google Toolbar) others install undesirable programs such as adware.
- Commercial Key Logger
- A program that is installed by the owner of a computer, such as a business, to explicitly monitor the activity of other users. These particular programs are developed by software companies and sold to end users for such purposes.
- Commercial Remote Control
- A program that allows users such as system administrators to manage and control PCs over a network from a remote location. These can be used both on a local area network and over a wide area network such as the Internet.
- Cookies
- Dialers
- Email Flooder
- Hostile ActiveX Control
- ICQ Exploits
- Joke Programs
- Key Loggers
- Low Risk Adware
- Miscellaneous Programs
- Nukers
- P2P / Peer-to-Peer
- Any peer-to-peer file swapping program, such as Audiogalaxy, Bearshare, Blubster, E-Mule, Gnucleus, Grokster, Imesh, KaZaa, KaZaa Lite, Limewire, Morpheus, Shareaza, WinMX and Xolox. In an organization, can degrade network performance and consume vast amounts of storage. May create security issues as outsiders are granted access to internal files. Often bundled with Adware or Spyware.
- Password Hi-Jackers
- Potential Privacy Risks
- Potentially Dangerous Tools
- Remote Admin Tools
- A Remote Administration Tool (RAT) is a Trojan type of software that when run, provides an attacker with the capability of remotely controlling a user's computer (victim) over the Internet. The attacker usually has full access to functions on the victim's computer. The victim's computer usually listens on the Internet for the attacker's commands.
- Search Hi-Jackers
- Security Disabler
- Spyware
- Stealth Notifier
- Surveillance Software
- Toolsbars
- Trojan Downloader
- Trojan FTP Programs
- Trojan Telnet Programs
- Trojan Programs - General
- Worms
