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 Seekmo
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Seekmo
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What is Seekmo? (Description):
Seekmo is a product of 180Solutions, a known adware agency that markets search aids and browser toolbars. Seekmo is a Browser Helper Object (BHO) that enables a user to have access to various media downloads. In exchange for the free access, Seekmo tracks browsing activity and displays targeted ads for things (it thinks) you may like.
This program is not malicious and does not come bundled with other software. Seekmo must be manually downloaded form its website or an affiliate site. While 180 solutions is up-front about their product, Seekmo does track Internet activity and communicate it with a third party, namely the 180 solutions advertising server. Many users are uncomfortable with this functionality and opt to remove Seekmo as a simple matter of web security.
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What is a
Adware?
Adware, like Malware and Spyware, is a very general term that can refer to a range of programs. The common feature in all of them is that they expose you to advertising. Believe it or not, not all Adware is bad. Whenever you use an application or visit a site that has an advertising bar somewhere on the page, that's technically Adware. Like paid-for broadcast time on TV, these bars and windows are paid for by vendors that help offset the cost to the webpage's host. Occasionally people download free software that has advertising bars or windows as well, and though these flashing ads may be annoying, most users are willing to deal with them for sake of using the application without cost.
But nowadays, when someone says Adware, they're probably talking about a specific group of malicious program. This Adware comes in two forms. The first is not so insidious but skirts vendor/user ethics. These are ad-displays bundled to software that doesn't announce their presence clearly or up-front. The clause that says you're downloading advertising may be mentioned in the download wizard, but maybe it won't be. Or maybe the ad notice will be in tiny print in the End User License Agreement (The long I Accept form that few read in full) . . . or maybe it won't be.
And then there's some Adware that's just plain bad. This is malicious software that comes bundled to legitimate programs or is embedded into certain websites. This Adware can hijack your browser or homepage, veering you to some pre-specified site, or it can bombard you with the most classic and detested form of Adware, the popup. What's more, since this type of Adware is downloaded secretly, it's often being carried in the payload of a Trojan, and while the Adware itself is more annoying than harmful, it probably did not come alone.
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