Name: Find Whatever Now Category: Adware Alias: FindWhateverNow, FWN Toolbar, FWN 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: FindWhateverNow is an Internet Explorer toolbar opening search results at findwhatevernow.com. From the developers: "If you download and install the FindWhateverNow toolbar software (the "Software"), we collect any information available during the installation and registration process, which can include your email address as well as demographic information such as gender, age, occupation, household income, zip code and country. We also collect the name of and information about any advertisement that brought you to the FindWhateverNow Web site or download. All information is correlated to Web usage and other information collected during use of the Service. When you download the Software, and at times during your use of the Service, we transmit FindWhateverNow cookies to the hard drive of your computer. These cookies assign your Web browser a unique series of numbers, letters, or characters (your "User ID") that enable FindWhateverNow's servers to recognize and identify your Web browser when you are using the Service. They also enable FindWhateverNow to track and store information about your Web usage path. When you visit Web sites with the Software installed (the "Service"), we collect information about the Web sites you visit and the pages you view. This information allows us to deliver information to you that is related to your interests and Web sites you visit." Signatures: process: fwntoolbar.exe: MD5 Hash: 962c436f50b9625d3ea... process: unregister.exe: MD5 Hash: d5564bf942766777b77... process: searchsetter[1].exe: MD5 Hash: 9598e5f7f31f630cbda.. Type: Adware - Adware is generally software that displays advertisements. Some advertisers may covertly install adware on your system and generate a stream of unsolicited advertisements that can clutter your desktop and affect your productivity. The advertisements may also contain pornographic or other material that you might find inappropriate. The extra processing required to track you or to display advertisements can tax your computer and hurt your system performance.