A free Web browser that bills itself as a tool for privacy protection is, in fact, a click-fraud engine for pornographic Web sites, security vendor Panda Software warned Friday.
Browsezilla, whose name and Lizard-like mascot are reminiscent of the open-source Mozilla browser products, claims to help surfers cover their tracks when visiting pornographic sites. It does not use browser history or save data to a cache, and it allows users to save their bookmarks on a remote server, according to the product's Web site.
However, Browsezilla also secretly installs adware that boosts the page view counts on certain pornographic Web sites, said J.J. Schoch, director of marketing with Panda. "It's being used deceptively to get more hits on their site," Schoch said. "This adware opens a series of adult web pages, although they are not visible to the user."
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Domain Name: BROWSEZILLA.COM
Registrant:
John
Smith (browsezilla@yahoo.co.uk)
12 Upper Woburn Place, London
London
London,WC1H0HX
GB
Tel. +44.8707544447
Creation Date: 27-Jan-2005
Expiration Date: 27-Jan-2007
Domain servers in listed order:
ns1.browsezilla.com
ns2.browsezilla.com
Administrative Contact:
John
Smith (browsezilla@yahoo.co.uk)
12 Upper Woburn Place, London
London
London,WC1H0HX
GB
Tel. +44.8707544447
Technical Contact:
John
Smith (browsezilla@yahoo.co.uk)
12 Upper Woburn Place, London
London
London,WC1H0HX
GB
Tel. +44.8707544447
Billing Contact:
John
Smith (browsezilla@yahoo.co.uk)
12 Upper Woburn Place, London
London
London,WC1H0HX
GB
Tel. +44.8707544447
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