Name: CWS.Cassandra Category: Spyware 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: CWS.Cassandra is a variant of CoolWebSearch. CWS.Cassandra is a member of the CoolWebSearch family of malware. CoolWebSearch is known to hijack your home page and install bookmarks which are sometimes offensive in nature. In addition CoolWebSearch slows your computers performance and modifies your Windows operating system to the point where it becomes generally unstable. Signatures: process: 8jvshir0glrmthd.exe: MD5 Hash: 178817e731710c1a8e8.. 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.