What is a Browser Helper Object?
By Matt Williams By the sound of the name, one might think a Browser Helper Object would be helpful, after all, who couldn’t use a little help now and then? A Browser Helper Object, or BHO, is actually a program that runs each time you run your internet web browser and it helps with browsing in some way. Unfortunately, much of this so called help comes in the form of tracking your web surfing activities and reporting the data back to third parties such as marketers. Malicious Browser Helper Objects typically become installed on your system without your knowledge or consent by piggybacking on other downloaded programs. In addition to compromising your privacy and increasing ads targeted at you, these Browser Helper Objects also can cause numerous computer errors such as page fault errors, runtime errors, program conflicts, and more. In addition, PC performance suffers dramatically resulting in a sluggish PC. Not all Browser Helper Objects are installed without your knowledge. Some are i
