Buffer overflow flaw in the Ask.com toolbar for IE could allow an attacker to take control of a person's computer A vulnerability in Ask.com’s toolbar for Internet Explorer could allow an attacker to ...

Very often I’m called upon to troubleshoot PCs belonging to friends and relatives. While poking around for problems, I almost always encounter the same oddity: a Web browser packed with toolbars.

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