Adware:Adware (or spyware) is a small program that is designed to show advertisements (in various form and degrees of intrusiveness) on your computer. It often reports personal information back to its owners. As a result your sense of privacy can be violated.
This malware is presented to user as an Internet-shopping assistant. However it steals information about the user, such as type of the browser you are using, the operating computer and platform, and CPU speed and can be classified as a malware application. It runs under Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000 platforms.
Technical details (How to remove StartSurfing(pop up))