Name: IST.ISTbar.ActiveX Category: Spyware Alias: ISTActiveX, Slotch 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: ISTactivex is an Internet Explorer hijacker, which modifies your homepages and searches without a user’s consent using an Internet Explorer toolbar. ISTactivex is a newer variant of the ISTbar and Slotch created by the same company, Integrated Search Technologies/CDT Inc. ISTactivex is usually installed by ActiveX drive-by download on CDT affiliate sites. 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.