http://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-conduit-search-virus/ details what this is and it fails the old definition of a virus but it makes you wonder if folk want to re-define what a virus is today. Would you consider an app or toolbar a virus today? Even if you installed it?

The link notes how it gets onto PCs and a slight issue here. I don't see cNet offering this but do see it over at download.com which for about a year has changed their policies on addons.
Bob