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Name: Auto Search
Threat Level:
Category: Browser Hijacker
Aliases: AutoSearchBHO\Hijacker Or MSInfoSys after its filename.


Spyware Characteristics
Description: AutoSearch is an IE Browser Helper Object that hijacks address-bar searches. It knows about some of the other prevalent search-hijackers — IGetNet, CommonName and NewDotNet — and will steal back any address bar searches they take over.


What it does?
Advertising: No, though Wink/ASWnk does.

Any address bar search you do is sent to a single page at www.tunders.com (which includes only static adverts, no search results).

Privacy violation: No.
Security issues: No.
Stability problems: None Known.

Method of infection
As yet unknown.

Removal Instructions
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