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Spyware Information |
| Name: |
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BDE |
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| Threat
Level: |
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| Category: |
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Adware |
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| Aliases: |
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Brilliant
Digital (company name), B3D Projector
(application name). |
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What it does? |
| Advertising: |
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Minor,
It allows sites to use 'rich' (ie. annoying)
advertising with 3D effects, sound,
and so on. However, it does not add
its own advertising to other sites.
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| Privacy
violation: |
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None
Known. |
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| Security
issues: |
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Yes,
The Projector downloads new components
and updates silently. Code-signing seems
to be used, to ensure only Brilliant
Digital can write code to be executed
by the software.
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| Stability
problems: |
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Some
reports of crashes and slowdown whilst
using the software. This is not wholly
surprising: the Projector has 3D functions,
which are always liable to cause problems
with dodgy graphics cards and driver
versions. |
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Method of infection |
| Apart
from being downloadable from Brilliant's
own legitimate-looking site, it is also
stealth-installed by newer versions
of KaZaA and other free applications. |
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