SearchBarCash
Category: Cookie
Risk:
Low Risk
* Low risk threats pose a very low risk or no immediate danger to your computer or your privacy, however these types of applications may profile user online habits, but only according to specific privacy policies stated in the applications End-User License. These types of threats generally borderline on being a threat to being a standard application that has a complex license agreement that you knowingly installed.
Description: An adult adware toolbar program for affiliates to distrubute on sites. SearchBarCash's provides adult and non-adult webmasters an opportunity to capitalize on their web traffic by installing its toolbar. It adds a toolbar named IE Search Bar to Internet Explorer. SearchBarCash installs other spyware including: Golden Palace n-Case ABetterInternet SearchBarCash pays 0.15/0.20$ per installs of its toolbar to affiliate sites that host its toolbar install. "The Searchbar is a small software that assists user in their Internet searches with a bar placed in Internet Explorer. The user's home page is also changed to our own search engine, but can be modified later on. The software can also easily be removed with the help icon on the toolbar." SearchBarCash hijacks many of your Internet Explorer search pages and startup page. From the Terms: "13. You also specifically agree to abide by the Software Licensing Agreement and Terms and Conditions of Golden Palace.com, n-CASE Privacy Policy, BetterInternet End User License Agreement and Sidesearch Freeware License Agreement. 14. SERVER INTERACTION. You understand and accept that when the software is installed, it periodically comminutes with a server operated by BLAZEFIND.COM and/or third party servers. 15. INFORMATION COLLECTION. You understand and grant BLAZEFIND.COM permission to assign each copy of the software an unique software identify code. You also grant BLAZEFIND.COM permission to collect and store information of your internet usage habit, including but not limited to information about every web page you view with the full Uniform Resource Locators, and the content of web page. You understand and accept that Uniform Resource Locators and the content of web pages you view may include your personally identifiable information. You grant BLAZEFIND.COM permission to collect and store information on which toolbar buttons you click on, your response to advertising, the search terms you entered on the toolbar and/or all other information relates to your internet usage habit. BLAZEFIND.COM may at times ask you for your personally identifiable information, such as name, address, email address, zip code, telephone number. You hereby grant BLAZEFIND.COM permission to distribute your non personally identifiable information to our partners, agents, and/or any third party in BLAZEFIND.COMs sole discretion. BLAZEFIND.COM does not currently enable users to access, review, edit, or delete information, including internet usage information, collected during use of the Service. By using the BLAZEFIND.COM Software and/or Service you agree to waive any constitutional, common law, statutory, or regulatory right of access to such information that you might otherwise have or acquire."
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