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Name: Alexa Toolbar
Type: Browser Plugin
Danger Level : 1 /10 (minor)
Description:Alexa web search -- a new kind
of search engine. With traffic rankings, user reviews and other
information about sites, Alexa is a web site discovery tool.
Features an Amazon shopping button on the product and anonymously
aggregates surfing information. Provides clear EULA as well
as opt-out instructions.
Comment : Used to transmit a indentifiying
ID but no longer does this.
To make things clear people who have difficulty understanding
this:
At this time, we do NOT consider this program to be a form
of "spyware".
Note- There have been reports that secure URLs can be sent
when using the "Related Site Function" due to a security
flaw in Internet Explorer.
Properties:
- Changes browser
- Stays Resident
How to detect, remove, protect your PC against Alexa
Toolbar
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