Name: LinkGrabber 99 Category: Adware Alias: NetJumper LinkGrabber, iTimesSquare 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: Displays popup ads in Internet Explorer or Netscape. Installs iTimesSquare Advertising module. "LinkGrabber 99 is free to use. It is advertising supported software. The iTimesSquare advertising module that accompanies LinkGrabber '99 is designed to display attractive, high quality ads in its pop up window. Called iTimesSquare, the app "transforms shareware and freeware applications into powerful advertising clients," the company said. Using the SDK, shareware developers embed a full-featured advertising client into their new and existing applications. Ads are then displayed when the applications start." Signatures: process: linkgrabber99.exe: MD5 Hash: 466df7737b7f7e12983... process: lg99.exe: MD5 Hash: 256401b64047d4d8d80.. 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.