Name: IST.Protector Category: Spyware Alias: ISTProtect, Win32.IstBar Advice: Remove Risk: Elevated Risk Elevated threats are usually threats that fall into the range of adware in which data about a user's habits are tracked and sent back to a server for analysis without your consent or knowledge. Description: IST.Protector is an ActiveX download that protects other IST (Integrated Search Technologies) toolbaes, adware and spyware from being removed. IST.Protector is also designed to retrieve and install additional files related to IST spyware applications. Type: Spyware - Spyware's primary purpose is to collect demographic and usage information from your computer, usually for advertising purposes. Spyware usually that 'sneaks' onto a system or performs other activities hidden to the user. Spyware programs are usually bundled as a hidden component and downloaded from the Internet. These modules are almost always installed on the system secretively and try to run secretively as well.