Most prevalent unwanted programs: Kill Count
Gator: 1,183,301 kills
CoolWebSearch: 1,024,304 kills
One of the most infamous hijackers known to date. Comes in a variety of versions, all using different techniques.
Handle with extreme care!
CoolWebSearch is a name given to a wide range of diff...
180 Search Assistant: 784,346 kills
Company appears to have evolved from the old "paid-to-surf" program Epipo.
Comes along with some "advertiser supported" programs, a tactic known as bundling.
Depending on the program (180 Soluti...
Huntbar: 655,370 kills
HuntBar is a toolbar providing searching features, which is added to every new Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer window.
It also changes your home page and search bar settings to point to Hu...
Cydoor: 637,577 kills
"The Cydoor Technologies delivers highly targeted advertising directly to desktops in advertising enabled software applications. Cydoor's SoftClick Optimization Engine ensures that advertising is d...