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Gratisware

Posted: March 28, 2006

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 5
First Seen: July 24, 2009
Last Seen: May 6, 2019
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Gratisware is a malicious adware spyware that regularly shows unexpected pop-up advertisements. The threat tracks user Internet activity, records addresses of visited web sites and silently transfers gathered data to remote servers. It has the ability to update itself via the Internet. Gratisware can be installed by some ad-supported software. The spyware remains active while the user surfs the web using Internet Explorer.

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