blinkx Video Toolbar
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| Threat Level: | 10 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 10 |
| First Seen: | March 7, 2014 |
| Last Seen: | January 10, 2019 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
The blinkx Video Toolbar is a Potentially Unwanted Program that is considered as potentially harmful for your computer. In most cases, the blinkx Video Toolbar is installed automatically, using social engineering techniques or misleading tactics to infiltrate a computer. For example, a common way in which the blinkx Video Toolbar is installed is by bundling the blinkx Video Toolbar with legitimate software, making the choice to the no-installation of the blinkx Video Toolbar difficult to find and tricking inexperienced computer users into thinking that the blinkx Video Toolbar is part of the normal installation process of low quality freeware downloaded from the Web. Malware researchers consider that the blinkx Video Toolbar does not fulfill its commitments and that the main purpose of the blinkx Video Toolbar is to profit from advertising and suspicious marketing techniques rather than to deliver any kind of useful or interesting service or content to your Web browser. In consideration of this, PC malware analysts advise the immediate removal of the blinkx Video Toolbar.
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The blinkx Video Toolbar – Just Another Useless Toolbar
There are several problems associated with the blinkx Video Toolbar. These have caused malware experts to warn computer users about the true purpose of the blinkx Video Toolbar and similar PUPs. Issues that may be linked to the blinkx Video Toolbar are listed below:
- The blinkx Video Toolbar may change your Web browser settings, making it more vulnerable to attacks and changing your default websites in order to promote its own content. One of the most annoying symptom of the blinkx Video Toolbar is the fact that the blinkx Video Toolbar may change the affected Web browser's homepage and default search engine automatically.
- The blinkx Video Toolbar may cause Web browser redirects or interfere in other ways with the websites you browse. For example, the blinkx Video Toolbar may direct you to specific websites or prevent you from viewing certain online content.
- The blinkx Video Toolbar may present a threat to the computer users' privacy. The reason for this is that the blinkx Video Toolbar may gather information about your online activity and about your computer and Web browser's settings for use in marketing research or other actions.
SpyHunter Detects & Remove blinkx Video Toolbar
File System Details
| # | File Name | MD5 |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | file.exe | fac08cc72fce8424d62b82dc2c921313 | 1 |
| 2. | C:\Program Files\blinkx video toolbar\the_blinkx_toolbar.exe | f9b46ac89a090c6fa9d9e683645cb42a | |
| 3. | C:\Program Files\blinkx video toolbar\guid.exe | ||
| 4. | C:\Program Files\blinkx video toolbar\stop.exe | ||
| 5. | C:\Program Files\blinkx video toolbar\start.exe | ||
| 6. | C:\Program Files\blinkx video toolbar\the_blinkx_bho.dll | ||
| 7. | C:\Program Files\blinkx video toolbar\uninstall.exe |
Directories
blinkx Video Toolbar may create the following directory or directories:
| %PROGRAMFILES%\blinkx Video Toolbar |
| %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\blinkx Video Toolbar |
URLs
blinkx Video Toolbar may call the following URLs:
| Blinkx.com |
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