For more details go hereAccording to a recent report by Spywarewarrior.com Grokster's installation includes the following third party software; 411 Ferret/ActiveSearch, AdRoar, Altnet/BDE, BroadcastPC, Cydoor, Flashtrack/Flashenhancer, Gator/GAIN/Claria, MyWay/MyBar, SearchLocate/SideBar, Topsearch, TVMedia, VX2/ABetterInternet, Web_CPR/TopMoxie, WebRebates/TopRebates, Various Browser Hijacks (topfivesearch.com, websearch.drsnsrch.com) , and eight other "unknown" detections
In all, 15 adware and spyware programs were installed from the latest version of Grokster (as of 10/04 .)
The researchers used several antispyware apps such as Ad-Aware, Spybot, Aluria, McAfee, Pest Patrol,Intermute, GIANT AntiSpyware, PC Tools and Xblock X-Cleaner. Combined, these anti spyware agents found and removed 134 critical detections. Independently, the programs could not detect all of the entries, however the combined strength of each program eventually found all hidden instances of spyware and adware..
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