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Name: ZeroPopUp
Threat Level:
Category: Browser Hijacker
Aliases: ZeroPopUpBar, to distinguish it from the earlier standalone commercial popup-killer of the same name, by the same author. Note there is no connection to the similarly-named "ZeroPopup" by "Tooto Technologies".

Spyware Characteristics
Description: An Internet Explorer toolbar with a pop-up advert-blocking feature, which also hijacks homepage and search settings to znext.com every time IE is started.

What it does?
Advertising: No.
Privacy violation: No.
Security issues: No.
Stability problems: None known.

Method of infection
'Viral marketing': some versions, when installed, send an endorsement purporting to be from you to everyone in your e-mail address book.

Also installed by ActiveX drive-by-download on the search bar pointed to by some variants of the TinyBar parasite (also by the same author).


Removal Instructions
bulletproofsoft.com "Spyware Remover" is the best tool for the removal of this spyware.

Links
Site: http://www.zeropopup.com This page causes a download to occur straight away - take care.