CategoryAdware: Software that displays pop-up/pop-under advertisements when the primary user interface is not visible, or which do not appear to be associated with the product.
Reasons For RetentionAs of 24 Jan 2006 using eTrust Pest Patrol Spyware Scorecard v2.05.09
this pest fails under scorecard item number 12:
Silently connects to an unintended location to transmi User Data.
Connects to server every time that a new browser opens even if
closed in the previous window.
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 | CA Antispyware v9 eTrust PestPatrol v5 eTrust PestPatrol v4 eTrust PestPatrol v8 CA Antispyware v9
| 01 24 2006 01 24 2006 01 24 2006 01 24 2006 02 17 2009
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| Latest | eTrust PestPatrol v5 eTrust PestPatrol v4 eTrust PestPatrol v8 CA Antispyware v9
| 07 09 2009 01 11 2007 07 09 2009 11 09 2009
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