does maxthon have spyware - II

[anandk]

i use maxthon.

earlier in march, i had posted a thread stating that spysweeper detects maxthon as having effectivebrands toolbar.
http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/view...hlight=maxthon
subsequently updating both of them did not show maxthon sa having spyware.

now PEST PATROL detects maxthon as having ABXTOOLBAR spyware !

whats going on ? :roll:

[swatkat]

ABXToolbar is a BHO. This BHO is automatically installed when visiting certain sites.
Check whether it came "bundled" with Maxthon or is it installed when you started using Maxthon?

[anandk]

it doesnt show itself as an BHO in IE.
i think its come bundled with maxthon.
pest patrol identifies the key as hkey_current_user\software\maxthon
also click http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/p...x?id=453094245

[anandk]

nope webroot spysweeper does not detect it.
cudnt even open the maxthon forum web page to post this query. but a google shows that such a query does exist there. lets see....

[it_waaznt_me]

Hmm ..I got no ABXTOOLBAR ... Maybe you got it from some site .. It dont get installed by Maxthon ..