Many legitimate applications, especially those developed as online shopping assistants, tend to collect user information. In many cases, such browser extensions may be downloaded onto computers in software packages, alongside other applications. Thus, they may be treated as potentially unwanted…
ByteFence is promoted as a program that protects systems from various kinds of intruders including spyware, worms, trojans, ransomware, etc. The program may also scan your system for free. Even though this is great news and it is a legitimate…
What is WordShark? WordShark (also known as Adware.WordShark) is a program that may at first seem useful. This is a browser extension, and when it is installed, it will let you highlight words or phrases on web pages, and then…
What Is Lightning Newtab? Lightning Newtab is a browser extension that claims that provides a number of useful features for Chrome users. It promises to provide quick access to all of the user’s favorite websites. It will also allow you…
Earlier this year – in March – a macro-based malware called Bartalex was detected. Macro-based attacks exploiting Microsoft Word and Excel keep on occurring even though the technique can be described as ‘an old trick’ that has been around for…
Backdoor:Win32/Chaapt.A has been detected as a Trojan horse with backdoor capabilities. This means that it can connect to a Control&Command server and allow cyber criminals perform a range of malicious operations. Furthermore, once it is inside the system, Backdoor:Win32/Chaapt.A will…
ConverterPro is an ad-supported program claiming to enable you to convert videos into various media formats. Due to some malicious traits, however, malware experts recommend its removal. ConverterPro Description ConverterPro may look like a useful tool at first. It enables…
An application called rinkela has been classified as yet another PUP (potentially unwanted program) and ad-supported application. The app may have been downloaded willingly from its official website, or may have been distributed via bundling. Nonetheless, it is advertised as…
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…
