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What is a Browser Helper Object? 5 new additions (23.11.2003)

Nov 24, 2003 1:40AM PST

A Browser Helper Object, or BHO, is just a small program that runs automatically every time you start your Internet browser. Usually, a BHO is installed on your system by another software program. For example,
Go!Zilla, the downloading utility, installs a BHO created by Radiate (formerly Aureate Media); this BHO tracks which advertisements you see as you surf the Web.

The natural question is, what do BHOs do? The technical answer is "anything", but generally, it will have something to do with "helping" you browse the Internet.
Of course, many BHOs are what is called "ad-ware" or "spyware": they do things like monitor the websites you visit and report this data back to their creators."


http://home01.wxs.nl/~kleyn080/BHO_list.html

This week's new additions: November 23rd, 5 new BHOs

X {000020DD-C72E-4113-AF77-DD56626C6C42}: twaintec.dll - adware

L {3C6A1597-3058-481A-8884-684A01988815}: LINKMGR.DLL - iLOR

L {4115122B-85FF-4DD3-9515-F075BEDE5EB5}: PBHelper.dll - SlipStream Web Accelerator

L {778B6755-2A32-11D4-A68C-00104BB641A7}: JCLBANDBHO.DLL - Pitrinec MyExplorerBar

X {E9306072-417E-43E3-81D5-369490BEEF7C}: dandgerous creatures.dll - AdGoblin

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