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Adware / Spyware
Please visit http://www.adware.info/ for detailed information about Adware and Spyware.
Hotbar
Hotbar (the graphical enhancement to Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Internet Explorer) is a form of software known as "spyware," which, once installed, literally spies on you - watching and recording every website that you visit and all information that you enter into online forms. Your computer then sends this information to the company that makes Hotbar, where they sell it to advertising agencies, who then broadcast extra advertisements to your computer.
In this way, Hotbar is a security risk to any computer that is used in any way to deal with confidential information (which includes all computers at LAPCF). If you are interested in uninstalling Hotbar yourself, instructions to do so can be found at the following website: http://and.doxdesk.com/parasite/HotBar.html
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