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Mirar Toolbar - Unwanted Tool ? YES

Sunbelt have finished review process.

Mirar Toolbar

They concludes that the Mirar Toolbar product does, in fact, satisfy Sunbelt’s objective criteria for a Potentially Unwanted Installation.

Currently Sunbelt classifies the Mirar toolbar as a “moderate risk” “adware toolbar.” Mirar toolbar is marked by a number of problems including:

  • poor installation practices resulting in inadequate notice and disclosure
  • the display of unrequested, undisclosed advertising on the users’ desktops
  • undisclosed addition of NetNucleus sites to the Internet Explorer Trusted sites zone
  • poor uninstallation practices, including the use of an uninstaller available only online

Read more here: Our response on the Mirar Toolbar

February 2, 2007 on 11:00 pm | In Adware | |
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