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CoolWebSearch has numerous capabilities when it is successfully installed on a user's computer. [1] The program can change an infected computer's web browser homepage to 'coolwebsearch.com', and though originally thought to only work on Internet Explorer, recent variants affect Mozilla Firefox as well as Google Chrome, and others.
Pegasus is spyware for iOS and Android mobile phones developed by NSO Group which received widespread publicity for its use by government agencies. Zwangi redirects URLs typed into the browser's address bar to a search page at www.zwangi.com, [25] and may also take screenshots without permission. [26]
Snap.do (Smartbar developed by Resoft) is potential malware, categorized as a browser hijacker and spyware, that causes Internet browsers to redirect to the snap.do search engine. Snap.Do can be manually downloaded from the Resoft website, though many users are entrapped by their unethical terms.
Spybot – Search & Destroy (S&D) is a spyware and adware removal computer program compatible with Microsoft Windows. Dating back to the first Adwares in 2000, Spybot scans the computer hard disk and/or RAM for malicious software .
360 Secure Browser (360 Security Browser) or 360 Safe Browser [8] (Chinese: 360安全浏览器) is a web browser developed by the Qihoo company of Beijing, China. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Version 1.0 was released in July 2008 (first non- beta release; first beta in changelog is from April).
SpyEye is a malware program that attacks users running Google Chrome, Safari, Opera, Firefox and Internet Explorer on Microsoft Windows operating systems. [1] This malware uses keystroke logging and form grabbing to steal user credentials for malicious use.
Seeks, a free distributed search engine (licensed under AGPL). StormCrawler, a collection of resources for building low-latency, scalable web crawlers on Apache Storm (Apache License). tkWWW Robot, a crawler based on the tkWWW web browser (licensed under GPL). GNU Wget is a command-line-operated crawler written in C and released under the GPL ...
Spyware can also interfere with a user's control of a computer by installing additional software or redirecting web browsers. [12] Some spyware can change computer settings, which can result in slow Internet connection speeds, un-authorized changes in browser settings, or changes to software settings.