Yahoo boosts toolbar with anti-spywarePosted 09/08/2004
Yahoo has launched an enhanced version of its internet services toolbar that features a tool for removing unwanted software.
Spyware and adware programmes are often downloaded automatically to users machines without their knowledge or consent and can perform unwanted actions, such as tracking users' web usage and launching pop-up ads.
When it was first introduced in May, Yahoo's enhanced toolbar was criticised because it did not features a default scan for adware. The new version now scans by default for adware, spyware and other types of similarly intrusive and stealthy software, such as tracking cookies.
After scanning for such programs, the toolbar reportedly lists those it finds and suggests which should be removed as potentially malicious and harmful.
The enhanced Yahoo toolbar with the Pest Patrol software can be downloaded for free at toolbar.yahoo.com. It also contains a search engine box, a button for blocking pop-up ads and shortcuts to a variety of Yahoo internet services such as e-mail, calendar, notepad and games. © DeHavilland Information Services plc
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