What is Word Surfer? If you start seeing advertisements labeled as “Ads by Word Surfer,” then you definitely have the adware program Word Surfer on your computer. The program’s supposed purpose is to help users with their browsing. Its developers…
What Is MoreForLess? MoreForLess is a browser extension that is best not to have on your computer. It claims that is a program “that aids you to experience the best online shopping experience.” Although it sounds nice, this is highly…
YourTV is a browser hijacker that may be ad-supported and may security experts recommend removing it from the computer as soon as it is noticed. This PUP(Potentially Unwanted Program) is ad-supported and may in some cases collect user information from…
Defensescan.org is a dangerous domain that has been reported to insert malicious code into the affected PC upon opening. Defensescan.org may display messages that claim the computer has malware on it along with tech support numbers that may be fake…
Fusionplayer is believed to be an ad-supported PUP(Potentially Unwanted Program). It comes in the form of a media player that claims it will mix media files of different formats and create playlists that will run on your computer. It also…
What is Cool Browser? The program Cool Browser is yet another piece of adware. If you are not familiar with the term, this means that it will start generating advertisements while you are surfing the web. This program is nothing…
What is SpaceSound Pro? SpaceSound Pro has been identified as an adware program. This means that its purpose is to generate advertisements while browsing the web. The ads will not be subtle either. Users will be bombarded with them whenever…
Ads by Browser is an ad-supported program compatible with the most commonly used browsers (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, etc.). It is designed to gain traffic for its sponsoring websites, however the way it does that may appear invasive…
What is Your-home-page.net Virus? Your-home-page.net Virus has been deemed to be a browser hijacker. This means that it will take over your browser and change your default home page and search engine. The purpose of this intruder is to promote…
A Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA) appeared on the cyber-security ‘radar’, carrying the name Torque Challenger. It may come as a browser add-on, and some users report it to display possibly annoying pop-up advertisements that include various messages and invitations. Such…
A new ad-related program that appears to hijack possibly all browsers (IE, Firefox, Chrome) installed on the user PC has appeared by the name of HighlightSearches. The program may claim that it takes the user to ‘the next page faster’,…
What is BuyTheApp? BuyTheApp is a program that has a purpose of presenting various advertisements to users. This is why it falls under the category of adware. The ads will usually display various discounts and promotions. Now, you may think…
Reports have increased about a possible adware program, by the name of CoupCoup. In case you see any pop-up advertisements along with text, similar to ‘Powered by CoupCoup’, ‘Ads by CoupCoup’ or ‘By CoupCoup’, chances are you may have this…
CouponJumbo ads is a program, that may conceal some indirect risks to users, report security researchers. This PUA (Potentially Unwanted Application) may be installed onto users systems in order to gather various information about the users’ browsing behavior. Based on…
URL by the name of pctech-notice.com is reported to be associated with numerous Potentially Unwanted Programs. It may not be malware. However, it is similar to other low-level security threats to the PC, which could be created to bring profits…
Reports have increased, regarding a potentially unwanted application, going by the name of Clicktheapp. Some users claim that this is probably an ad-supported browser extension that may display pop-up advertisements, arranged via the possible usage of cookies on the victim…
Many users have complained about pop-up advertisements that were interrupting the browsing process with the text ‘Ad by Coupmania’ or similar. Coupmania Ads is believed to be a Potentially Unwanted Application that may or may not collect different information from…
In case you see annoying advertisements that has a caption similar to ‘Ads by Banana Phone’ or ‘Powered by Banana Phone’, chances are, you may have installed a bundled PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) on your computer. PUPs are usually believed…
‘Ads by DealShopSave’ – in case you see something similar on top of pop-up interruptive advertisements, chances are you may have an ad-supported PUP installed on your computer. DealShopSave may be situated on your computer in the form of a…
Privacyfence.info is a domain, listed by most leading antivirus programs as a social engineering type of malware that has two threats to the computer. Some antivirus programs define it under the name of HTML:Script-inf. There are many things that this…
