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Yahoo Assistant, formerly named 3721 Internet Assistant, is a Browser Helper Object for Internet Explorer developed by Beijing 3721 Technology Co. Ltd, and was renamed to Yahoo Assistant after Beijing 3721 Technology was acquired by Yahoo. 3721 Internet Assistant, together with 3721 Chinese Keywords, are known as Spyware by Microsoft AntiSpyware, and malware or browser hijacker by some others, such as Panda Antivirus. However, Yahoo China filed a lawsuit against Beijing Sanjiwuxian Internet Technology Co. Ltd, the developer of the 360Safe antispyware for identifying Yahoo Assistant as malware in 360Safe.〔http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2006-09-29T094620Z_01_SHA357681_RTRIDST_0_TECH-CHINA-ALIBABA-UPDATE-1.XML&rpc=66&type=qcna 〕 ==Distribution== 3721 Internet Assistant was originally released as a normal client-server application. However, it turned to use ActiveX technology to install itself on a client system later and was also shipped with many sharewares as default install options. 3721 Internet Assistant was also blamed for its use of a flaw in Microsoft Internet Explorer to install itself automatically when a user is browsing an array of 3721 sponsored personal and commercial websites with Microsoft Internet Explorer. Yahoo! Assistant is also included in 3721 Chinese Keywords and Yahoo! Mail Express, but sometimes the whole package of Internet Assistant, Chinese Keywords and Mail Express is named "Yahoo Assistant" in some sharewares. The company says the automatic installation ended in September 2005 and now asks user's permission before installing,〔http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20420041^15841^^nbv^,00.html〕 however, CA Inc. reported that during Yahoo! Assistant installation, extra components are installed without obtaining user's consent.〔http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/blogs/posting.aspx?pid=93143&id=90744〕 This software is also bundled with the Chinese client of the (CGA Gaming platform ). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yahoo! Assistant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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