WebSparkle

This software is a web browser extension designed to enhance user interaction with various websites. When installed, it may customize and enhance the user's browsing experience by providing features such as enhanced search results, browser reference links, website ratings and reviews, social media integration, coupon offers, and comparison shopping for various products and services, including travel and insurance. However, it has been known to take control of the user's browser in order to redirect web searches and inject advertising. The program is known to run as a Browser Helper Object in Internet Explorer and performs a number of behaviors that can hijack advertising on non-associated websites, as well as inject its own advertising in the form of contextual link ads, banner ads, pop-ups, and pop-overs. It is also capable of hijacking known ad serving sites. This adware is typically bundled with various unwanted third-party applications and has been known to exploit vulnerabilities in web browsers. While the program does come with an uninstaller and is listed in the Windows Add/Remove Programs, fully removing it can be difficult, and users may need to utilize an anti-malware product. The Terms of Service for this software state that it is designed to enhance the user's browsing experience by adding various browser features.