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Spyware:Win32/WebHancer.A
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Spyware-WebHancer (McAfee) Trackware.Webhancer (Symantec)
Summary
Spyware:Win32/WebHancer.A is a Browser Helper Object (BHO) that integrates with Internet Explorer. It may collect data about a user's web-browsing activity and send the data to remote servers.
Spyware:Win32/WebHancer.A may place an uninstaller entry in Control Panel>Add or Remove Programs (Windows XP) or Control Panel>Programs>Uninstall a Program (Windows Vista). The entry name may be called "webHancer Agent". 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 WebHancer.A and other unwanted software from your computer. For more information, see http://www.microsoft.com/protect/products/computer/default.mspx.
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