A Google Chrome and Firefox extension, called AS Magic Player has become a reason for security concerns, virus researchers report. The extension claims to provide online playback of both video and audio content via a BitTorrent protocol using well known…
“Terra.im” is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that after being installed on a computer will attach itself to a browser, change the homepage, the new tab page and the search engine. The user may be redirected to websites with potentially…
Passwordlogic is yet another toolbar developed by Mindspark incorporated which essentially has the same purpose and extension name as another Mindspark product, called SmarterPassword Toolbar. What is particularly interesting about this toolbar is that it has been reported to administer…
A chromium based web browser going by the name TheBrowser is belived to hijack the user’s PC setting itself as a default browser and displaying a custom search engine. Security researchers outline this cyber threat as a potentially unwanted and…
“Internet-start.net” is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that after being installed on a computer will attach itself to a browser, change the homepage, new tab page and the search engine. The user may be redirected to sites with potentially malicious…
Ultimaterecipes(.)net Pop-ups is categorized as a potentially unwanted program and is reported to be an indirectly dangerous threat to the user PCs. It is difficult to detect by antivirus software due to its shady privacy policy, legitimizing every action of…
An adware program, going by the name DNS Loader is reported to affect user systems and display interruptive advertisements that cause PC slowdowns. Since this PUP(Potentially Unwated Program) may collaborate with third-parties as a part of affiliate schemes and pay-per-click…
“Utrack.pw” is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that after being installed on a computer will attach itself to a browser, and could display various advertisements, banners, message boxes and commercial content and the like. The user may be redirected to…
In case you haven’t seen a pop-up adware, before, bear in mind that Coupondo Ads is one of them. These particular intrusions are very annoying, may slow down or crash the user browser and most importantly they may lead to…
Qword is a web browser that is considered a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) is believed to enter user systems unwanted primarily by bundling. Once opened, the browser sets www.qword.com as a default search engine. The questionable application is reported by…
“Hardware92.xyz” is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that after being installed on a computer will attach itself to a browser, and could display numerous ads, popups, banners, message boxes leading to potentially malicious content and etc. The user may be…
In case you have seen advertisements brought on your computer by DeskFavorites Ads there is a solid chance you have an adware PUP installed in it. It is a very annoying software displaying interruptive advertisements on your computer. What is…
A browser hijacker closely associated with the suspicious search engine, called Search.top-arama.com is an ad-supported software that is numerously and repeatedly reported to collect personal information from users. Virus researchers warn that since it collaborates with third-party websites, the browser…
Yet another browser hijacker from the vas websearch family of browser hijackers has appeared, this time setting websearch.the-searcheng.info as the user’s home page and displaying interruptive advertisements misleading users to suspicious third-party websites. The questionable application which is categorized as…
Quickseeker.net browser hijacker is yet another potentially unwanted program that performs various unhealthy tasks on your computer. This PUP (Potentially unwanted program) has the ability to collect user information and also change the homepage of the user to quickseeker.net –…
Mysearch-engine.net is yet another suspicious search engine that leads users to third-party sites with malicious intentions. It is most likely set on your computer by a browser hijacker program which is also ad-supported. Such applications are made solely for one…
“Searchfar.net” is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that after being installed on a computer will attach itself to a browser, change its homepage, new tab page and search engine. The user may be redirected to unwanted sites and will be…
Bnsearch.utop.it is a browser hijacker that is reported by virus researchers to set the questionable search engine with .it domain as a user home-page. Once there, the hijacker may collect different user information via the search engine and based on…
Traffikim.info is another scamming website that lures users into entering their personal and financial information via social networks. The site that resembles Facebook’s mobile versions begins with the following message: →“Every Monday we select one lucky visitor to get a…
Seach.searchitknow.com is a dangerous ad-supported search engine that is observed to lead users to dangerous websites that contains scams or malicious links. Such indirectly malicious PUPs (potentially unwanted programs) may administer advertisements of all sorts (pop-ups, sponsored searches, redirects, banners)…
