Name: DailyToolbar Category: Adware Alias: Daily Toolbar, nichetoolbars, Hardcore Toolbar, Anime Toolbar, Asian Toolbar, BDSM Toolbar, Fetish T 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: DailyToolbar is a pornographic-related toolbar that periodically generates pop-up advertisements. This adware component can be installed manually or by an ActiveX control on some Web sites (known as a drive-by download). Adware.DailyToolbar is a pornographic-related adware toolbar from authorizedsearchagents.com. It is distributed by nichetoolbars.com. DailyToolbar changes the Internet Explorer homepage to www.topsearchdog.com. Also acts as an IE homepage and search-bar hijacker pointed at topsearchdog.com, and can add bookmarks to the Favorites menu DailyToolbar adds the "DailyToolbar" to Microsoft Internet Explorer. The toolbar displays the following buttons: Top Paysites Dialy Vids Daily Galleries Adult Dating Webcams Our Friends Clicking on these buttons opens pornographic Web sites. Also, searchape.com searches the words entered in Search. DailyToolbar adds the button with red and blue arrows (the Switch button) to the toolbar. When the Switch button is clicked, the toolbar displays the following buttons: Internet Privacy Hosting Gambling Health Products Real Estate Travel Clicking on these buttons opens related Web sites. When these buttons are displayed, google.com searches the keywords entered in Search. 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.