Smitfraud
Infected with Smitfraud ? |
This application is a browser hijacker, a program that points your Web browser to specific websites, sets your homepage to something other than the one you’ve chosen, or captures keystrokes and information that you enter into a Web browser. In addition to hijacking the user’s browser, Smitfraud changes the desktop to display a false error message. Smitfraud may also display pop-up ads.
Vendor
Its author is unknown.
Vendor URL
No website available.
| Threat Level: High Risk |  |
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Smitfraud Characteristics | Displays ads | |
| Records personal data / keystrokes | |
| Hijacks internet browser |  |
| Allows remote influence | |
| Downloads unsolicited files | |
| Disables programs / system | |
| Makes unauthorized phone calls | |
| Exploits a security flaw | |
| Floods internet connection | |
| Distributes threats | |
| Tracks browsing activity with installed applications | |
| Tracks browsing activity with cookies | |
| Installs without user consent | |
| Inadequate uninstall procedures | |
| Insufficient privacy disclosure and consent | |
| Uses excessive system resources | |
| Makes fraudulent claims about spyware detection and removal | |
| Performs Silent Updates |
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