MyWay Searchbar
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MyWay Searchbar, also known as MyWay Speedbar, MyWay Search Assistant, MyWebSearch or MyWeb Searchbar, is a computer toolbar program that allows the user to query Google, Ask.com, and Yahoo! search engines. The program has been considered malware by some websites and anti-malware applications,[1][2][3]. Current status of the product is disputed.[4][5] Dell used to pre-install this software on some of their commercially sold PCs.[6]
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[edit] Design
After a user installs the program, a toolbar appears in Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, and Opera web browsers,[7] adding search functions and pop-up blocking. MyWay is owned by InterActiveCorp.
[edit] MyWay Searchbar Addons
- Smiley Central, lets the user add "smileys" (emoticons) to instant messages
- Cursor Mania, allows the user to set their cursor to one of a selection of cursors
- Popular Screensavers, allows the user to set their screensaver to one of a selection of screensavers
- Zwinky, an online game with a virtual self
- Webfetti, puts one of a selection of templates onto a user's website
[edit] See also
- MyWay as a web portal.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.malwarebytes.org/malwarenet.php?name=Adware.MyWebSearch
- ^ http://www.bitdefender.co.uk/VIRUS-207612-uk--Adware.Mywebsearch.C.html
- ^ http://www.spywaredetector.net/spyware_encyclopedia/Adware.MyWebSearch.htm
- ^ http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/controlled-applications/mywebsearch.html Click 'More Information'
- ^ http://www.spywaredetector.net/spyware_encyclopedia/Adware.MyWebSearch.htm
- ^ "Dell Reject Spyware Claims", http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/15/dell_my_way_controversy/, July 15, 2005
- ^ "Browser Support", My Way - Browser Support, http://info.myway.com/index/id/browser.html
