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Name: |
CommonName |
| Type: |
Adware |
| Also Known As: |
CommonName/Agent
CommonName/Toolbar
BabeIE
BabeIE2
CNMib |
| Created By: |
CommonName Ltd |
| Danger Level: |
6 |
| Category Description: |
Program that delivers advertisements on your PC.
Note that many websites have their own advertising, unrelated to adware.
Adware is any software application in which advertising is displayed while the program is running. The authors of these applications include additional code that delivers the ads, which can be viewed through pop-up windows or through a bar that appears on a computer screen and sometimes through text links or in integrated search results. Adware may or may not track personal information. It may also gather information anonymously or in aggregate only. Users should check the EULA and Privacy policy to ensure if the adware on their machines conforms to their standards. |
| Official Description: |
CommonName is yet another 'keywords' service, allowing you to type a company name instead of a URL. Originally a normal service, the software has become bundled adware.
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| Comment: |
The newer variant CommonName/Agent periodically opens pop-under advertising as well as highjacking search settings. Cookies are used to identify you when requests are made to CommonName, allowing them to track your web usage. Requests are made when advertising is opened and when you visit a web address with a top-level-domain that the CommonName software does not know about. This includes .edu and .mil.
This adware is also bundling with Rootkit.win32.WinIk |
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| Information URL: |
http://www.commonname.com/ |
| Properties: |
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| Manual Removal: |
Use Add/Remove Programs. |
