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Monday, 6 October 2008       

Morpheus Spyware/Adware Definition


Name: Morpheus
Category: Cookie
Advice: Remove
Risk: Low Risk Low risk threats pose a very low risk or no immediate danger to your computer or your privacy, however these types of applications may profile user online habits, but only according to specific privacy policies stated in the applications End-User License. These types of threats generally borderline on being a threat to being a standard application that has a complex license agreement that you knowingly installed.
Description: P2P file sharing program that installs a number of spyware threats. Morpheus also displays its own popup advertsing.

"Morpheus software is designed to provide you with a robust peer-to-peer file-sharing and searching experience, giving you the ability to search for and share files with tens of millions of individuals around the world. As an added benefit to you, Morpheus bundles free software that adds value to your on-line experience.
To keep Morpheus free we currently bundle software from Excite and WebSavings from Ebates. Under guidelines Morpheus enters into with the third party providers of these software programs these software programs are not spyware and do not monitor your browser behavior, spawn pop-up advertising, or collect personal information, and each program can be completely removed by you via the Windows Add/Remove dialogue, while keeping Morpheus Installed. In the past Morpheus has also bundled BroadcastPC.

When you download Morpheus, you can agree to the third party EULAs (end user licensing agreements) governing the use of and for the additional free software included with the Morpheus download. We encourage you to read and understand these third party EULAs. (Please note that these EULAs are between you and the third party software provider, not Morpheus. Morpheus takes no responsibility for these EULAs or software.)"

Type: Cookie - Cookies are small files that are created by your web browser when you visit sites on the Internet. They can be used to track your visits to certain web sites and can provide companies with information about frequency of visits and other profile information. The user is usually not aware that their surfing habits are being tracked.


Top Cookie Visited Pages:
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100topdownloads
123 Click/WebClients
123 Spanish Messenger
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180solutions.com
1search
1stBlaze.com
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