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Adware:Win32/YourSiteBar.A
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: YourSiteBar (McAfee) W32/Yoursitebar.A (Norman) YourSiteBar (Sunbelt Software) Adware.YourSiteBar (Symantec) Adware_IstBar (Trend Micro)
Summary
Adware:YourSiteBar.A installs itself as a Browser Helper Object (BHO) in order to load a toolbar when Internet Explorer is launched. The toolbar contains buttons that point to various Internet Web sites, based on a list of Web sites the toolbar obtains from a remote server.
Adware:Win32/YourSiteBar.A may place an uninstaller entry in Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel. If an uninstaller is not available or if you do not want to use the uninstaller that is provided, use Microsoft Windows Defender or another up-to-date scanning and removal tool to detect and remove Adware:Win32/YourSiteBar.A and other unwanted software from your computer. For more information, see http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/downloads/default.mspx .
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