The Web is full of numerous optimization utilities that promise to improve the performance of computers by cleaning unnecessary files and speeding them up. However, a prevalent number of those products turn out to be not what users bargained for.…
MovieDea is free software that promises that it will help you look up movies online and watch trailers. To movie fanatics, this may seem like a useful program to have. However, it is highly advised that you do not have…
What Are Shopping Deals Ads? Shopping Deals Ads appear when you have an ads-supported application on your computer. Of course, these ads are presented by the program Shopping Deals. Its supposed purpose is to help users save money when they…
updatebrowse.net is a dynamic website that features third-party advertisements. However, according to security research, updatebrowse.net is more of a browser redirect that may compromise the user’s browsing experience. While attempting to open the website for the first time, we experienced…
Space Sound Pro is a piece of software developed by Asia Soft Interactive Advertising Ltd. Its official page where it is available for download is www.spacesoundpro.com. The application is advertised as ‘the first high-end HiFi emulator’ for computers, offering to…
What Are First Verify Ads? First Verify Ads can appear on Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome. They are generated by the adware program First Verify. Although this program is presented as a shopping assistant and its supposed purpose…
What Are Traffiqim.link Pop-Ups? Traffiqim.link Pop-Ups are misleading messages that will appear while you are browsing the web. They will claim that some vulnerability has been discovered on your computer, and that you have to call a certain number for…
Many free legitimate applications are ad-supported and as such, may collect information about the user. SysPlayer may fit the description of adware and potentially unwanted application. It has been developed by Goobzo (goobzo.com) – a developer of free software. The…
Trojan.Agent.UX is classified as a Trojan horse that infiltrates the system and compromises its data. Trojan.Agent.UX is reported to have data-stealing capabilities. Furthermore, the targeted machine can become a part of a botnet. Some security researchers point out that Trojan.Agent.UX…
Troldesh ransomware has already been detected and identified by Russian researchers as a file-encrypting threat. As STF researchers enclosed earlier this year, Troldesh attacks the system and encrypts the user’s files, adding an .xtbl extension to them and even renaming…
What Is DiscountExt? Users have been complaining about a suspicious browser extension that generated unwanted advertisements. It is called DiscountExt and is considered an ad-supported add-on for Google Chrome. Other browsers may also be affected by DiscountExt. Once installed, it…
Ads by PriceGotLower is classified as an ad-supported browser add-on or adware application. Even though it may be advertised as a useful extension, it is considered unsafe since it may generate the display of intrusive advertisements. Furthermore, clicking on the…
What Is FreezeThePrice? FreezThePrice may promise users that it will help them save money when shopping online, but that is highly unlikely. This is an adware program whose purpose is to show ads, but there is no way of knowing…
A fake BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) has been detected in the wild. Once it has been activated on the system, the targeted system is displayed with the BSOD message. Its content suggests that a phone number – 1-888-991-9974 should…
Win32/TrojanDownloader.Adcurl is classified as a Trojan downloader that may be the cause of severe damages on an infected system. The longer Win32/TrojanDownloader.Adcurl is running undetected on the computer, the more dangerous the threat becomes. As reported by security researchers at…
What Are Gravity Space Ads? If you keep getting Gravity Space Ads while you are browsing the web, then the adware application Gravity Space is definitely present on your PC. The program claims that it will “open up your possibilities…
What Are Word Surfer Ads? One day you might be browsing the web and see that pop-up and banner ads labeled as “Ads by Word Surfer” start appearing. Well, this means that the adware called Word Surfer has been installed…
Guardlink.org is reported to be a ‘Ghost Referrer’ spam that is seen to affect Google Analytics data with the purpose of directing traffic to its website and therefore generating profits. Google Analytics is useful and unique, and it is used…
What Are Wander Burst Ads? Wander Burst is an adware program. This means that if you have it on your computer, it will start displaying advertisements whenever you browse the web. On Wander Burst’s official web page there is little…
Reports have recently increased, regarding an adware application that is classified as unwanted (PUA) on Windows OS machines. Users indicate that they received large advertisements with a caption similar to ‘Ads by FreezeThePrice’ or ‘Powered by FreezeThePrice’. Such unwanted software…
