CoolWebSearch: Nasty Browser Hijacker
Browser hijackers are malicious small programs that change browser settings, usually altering designated default start and search pages. According to Merijn Bellekom, who has been tracking CWS and its many variants -- more than two dozen since CWS first appeared last summer -- CWS is "the most complex, invisible and devious hijacker" ever programmed. CWS-infected computers are often plagued with a constant barrage of pornography pop-up ads. A hundred or more bookmarks, some for extremely hard-core pornography websites, are often added by CWS to Internet Explorer's Favorites folder.
http://wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,63280,00.html
SOLOEnterprises can do a few different things to remove this malicious spyware from your computer. Certain firewall and antivirus products can be installed on your computer to keep popups and browser hijackers out.
Browser hijackers are malicious small programs that change browser settings, usually altering designated default start and search pages. According to Merijn Bellekom, who has been tracking CWS and its many variants -- more than two dozen since CWS first appeared last summer -- CWS is "the most complex, invisible and devious hijacker" ever programmed. CWS-infected computers are often plagued with a constant barrage of pornography pop-up ads. A hundred or more bookmarks, some for extremely hard-core pornography websites, are often added by CWS to Internet Explorer's Favorites folder.
http://wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,63280,00.html
SOLOEnterprises can do a few different things to remove this malicious spyware from your computer. Certain firewall and antivirus products can be installed on your computer to keep popups and browser hijackers out.
