Built on and distributed using the Conduit toolbar.The setup package generally installs about 22 files and is usually about 4.9 MB (5,133,781 bytes). It also bundles additional software in the form of the Conduit Engine, which installs a potentially unwanted toolbar, and makes homepage and default search engine changes to a user's web browser. Many users end up uninstalling this after less than a month of it being installed. The primary executable is named Hotspot_ShieldToolbarHelper.exe. The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. The most common release is 6.10.2.5, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version.
