ClientSniffer

Overview

Summary

Detects OS, browser vendor, browser version number, and more, and reports back to server whose web page this code was embedded in.

Category

Spyware: Any product that employs a user's Internet connection in the background without their knowledge, and gathers/transmits info on the user or their behavior. Many spyware products will collect referrer info (information from your web browser which reveals what URL you linked from), your IP address (a number that is used by computers on the network to identify your computer), system information (such as time of visit, type of browser used, the operating system and platform, and CPU speed.) Spyware products sometimes wrap other commercial products, and are introduced to machines when those commercial products are installed. See also Adware.

Origins

Group

Netscape Communications

Date of Origin

May, 2004

Detection and Removal

Manual Removal

Follow these steps to remove ClientSniffer from your machine. Begin by backing up your registry and your system, and/or setting a Restore Point, to prevent trouble if you make a mistake.

Remove Files:

Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:

ClientMan.MSMC ClientMan.Tagger ClientMan.b99 ClientMan.bho1 ClientMan.bho2 ClientSniffer ClipGenie Clop Cls CnsMin