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Adware/IESearchBar

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Adware/IESearchBar is classified as Adware.   Adware are software components that display unsolicited advertisements.
The Fortinet Anti-Spyware Research Team is currently in the process of creating a detailed description for this Spyware.
For additional information about Adware, and how Fortinet classifies Spyware threats please see Fortinet's paper in PDF format:
Spyware Classification and Terms.

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Detection Availability

FortiGate
Extended
FortiClient
FortiMail
FortiSandbox
FortiWeb
Web Application Firewall
FortiIsolator
FortiDeceptor
FortiEDR

Version Updates

Date Version Detail
2023-07-25 91.05424
2023-05-23 91.03531
2021-11-23 89.07133
2021-10-19 89.06081
2021-09-07 88.00937
2021-08-17 88.00437
2021-08-08 88.00217
2021-07-13 87.00600
2021-06-08 86.00766
2021-06-01 86.00609
ID 3147
Released Feb 10, 2005
Description
Updated		 Feb 10, 2005
Platform Profile Adware typically display advertising content to the user. This advertising content may take many forms, but is typically in the form of web browser pop-up advertisements. In most circumstances, the user is not aware of the Adware component being installed on the local machine.