The curiously-named UpSpiral Toolbar installs a toolbar which acts as spyware on the internet browser of a computer. This allows the toolbar to keep track of all of the websites visited as well as the information searches completed, and it may be able to affect the results. UpSpiral Toolbar may also conceivably cause a decided downward spiral in the security and performance of a computer.

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