CategoryHomepage Hijacker: Any software that changes your browser's home page to some other site. Hijacks may reroute your info and address requests through an unseen site, capturing that info. In such hijacks, your browser may behave normally, but be slower.
Reasons For RetentionStarware Recipe Toolbar violates 5 criteria of the CA AntiSpyware Scorecard Version 3.0. Research conducted on 10.10.2007.
the Toolbar modifies a variety of browser settings. After the toolbar was installed and the changes were already made and no easy option given for undoing what had been, the following browser/system changes were made without properly obtaining user permission: default search engine changed to Starware, error and search pages hijacked.
In addition, Starware tracks user data. It does this under the auspices of 'travel search' and 'related search.'
Finally, Starware uses a complicated, confusing procedure for uninstallation that could leave the user's homepage hijacked. The 4 step process asks a question whos answer would normally be 'yes', but is worded in a confusing manner so that by clicking 'yes', the user's homepage remains hijaced to: Starware.
Immediate Protection Info
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DAT Release
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Product
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DAT Version
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| Original | eTrust PestPatrol v8
eTrust PestPatrol v5
CA Antispyware v9
CA Antispyware v9
| 10 11 2007
10 11 2007
10 11 2007
02 17 2009
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| Latest | eTrust PestPatrol v8
eTrust PestPatrol v5
CA Antispyware v9
| 07 09 2009
07 09 2009
11 09 2009
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