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what exactly is alexa toolbar? · 1 year ago

Alexa calls itself a web information company. No introduction is required to be given about Alexa. Alexa is one of the most prolific search engines more so in the use as against the rest of the world. There are rife speculations on and off that Alexa is a spy ware. The Alexa toolbar is often regarded as a spy ware by many vendors. However, the antivirus company Symantec describes the toolbar as a trackware. Antivirus company McAfee also assigns a danger to the Alexa toolbar. The tests conducted by the former on the Alexa toolbar showed downloads that are thought to be spyware, adware, or other unwanted programs. Apart from McAfee, that has marked Alexa toolbar as Adware-Alexa, a “Potentially Unwanted Program” even other antivirus vendors have done the same.

Tamal Anwar · 1 year ago

I must say that this was an expert comment. Thank you very much for adding an extra value to this article with your comment. Toolbars are the things we install because we trust a company. There is a positive chance for unwanted stuffs because we users are not aware of it and we know nothing about it. This is what the internet is and this will be like this forever...