Name: Brodcast DSSAGENT Category: Spyware Alias: Brodcast, Brødcast, DSSAGENT 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: Brodcast DSSAGENT is designed to push new splash screens into the Broderbund products. Signatures: process: dssagent.exe: MD5 Hash: dfc0ef45a01428a226b... process: dssagent.exe: MD5 Hash: 55c6df7fdfbafe93ecb... process: dssagent.exe: MD5 Hash: .. 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.