Abstract: A system utilizes an extensible architecture for extending the functionality of an application for enhancing a web browser's experience. The application prevents unwanted advertising and so called “adware” software that launches and/or displays advertising as part of its use on a computing device. As new methods for launching, activating, and running these unwanted advertisements and advertising applications are conceived, the extensible architecture allows the application for preventing these unwanted elements to be dynamically updated to further prevent the new methods.

Abstract: A system and method that securely eliminates traces of activity, scans for monitoring applications, clears user activities, and otherwise provides security to a remote computer. The system and method provides the functionality through a network browser without the need to install software on the remote computer.

Abstract: A system utilizes a browser toolbar or browser helper object to implement functionality that blocks unwanted advertisement and informational windows while a user is browsing a network. The system is initiated to receive specified events from a network browser. As the events are received, the events are analyzed to determine whether the window corresponding to the event is an unwanted advertisement or informational window. When the window corresponding to the event is an unwanted advertisement or informational window, the window is blocked by the system from being loaded or displayed.