Sometimes, there are rare instances when hackers seem to develop a certain sense of morality as they have when it comes to the AshleyMadison.com cheating site being hacked to expose over 37 million of its users. There are many secrets of the world and probably even more when it comes to websites crafted exclusively to keep information or certain activities confidential. Such can be said about the website AshleyMadison.com, a place that's designed to allow married individuals start up a...

LowPricing is a program with a pretty negative reputation. It has been categorized as adware, and this classification gives enough clues to the experienced PC users. LowPricing fills the browsers of the users with advertising materials, such as pop-ups, banners, in-text ads and interstitial ads. The adware often enters thanks to some misleading installation methods, which means that the commercial content is often unrequested. You may be tricked into loading the questionable software when you...

First Verify is a questionable browser add-on that may have a negative impact on your surfing sessions. Although it claims to be a reliable shopping assistant, First Verify serves as traditional adware. It inserts large quantities of commercial materials in very different shapes. You may witness annoying pop-ups, banners and targeted videos. Even some ordinary words in the text can be turned into hyperlinks, as long as they can refer to some promoted product. These ads can be seen in...

You should ignore all pop-ups, associated with Nserver42.xyz, as they display inaccurate information. According to these notifications, your Google Chrome is outdated, and you should download the latest version. However, the offered software is not what it seems to be. If you agree to download what the pop-ups promote, you may very soon notice a range of unpleasant modifications of your system. According to the reports of some users, the misleading page Nserver42.xyz appears as a homepage....

Despite the fact that SysPlayer is promoted as a helpful and lightweight media player, the experts unanimously define it as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). There are several reasons why the majority of PC users don't appreciate this tool. First of all, it often receives the permission for installation in a rather confusing way. The developer of SysPlayer, which is created by the company named Goobzo, sometimes relies on the help of third-party applications for the spreading of their...

Trojan.Agent.UX is a Trojan that may initiate network traffic, which may relay spam to external targets or initiate attacks directly against the infected PC. Although Trojan.Agent.UX does generate its files of its own, Trojan.Agent.UX may create files with variable names hidden in locations that may make it difficult to identify these components visually. In light of this Trojan's confirmed ability to backup itself, malware experts advise using proper anti-malware tools for removing...

Traffiqim.link is a phishing site that provides fraudulent technical support in exchange for money, information or access to your PC. While warning messages from Traffiqim.linkmay use the formats of standard Windows warnings, they also may include instructions for calling toll-free help numbers to put computer users into direct contact with con artists. PC users encountering persistent redirects to Traffiqim.link or Traffiqim.link pop-ups should disregard their recommendations and, instead,...

PriceGotLower is an add-on that presents itself as a helpful shopping assistant. The developers of this questionable software claim that it will improve the shopping experience of its clients. The generated offers and deals should presumably promote various cheap products. However, PriceGotLower is typical adware, and its true intentions are not to save the user some money. On the contrary, the creators of this unreliable tool expose the person to many ads with only one purpose – to profit...

PlayyNews is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that can modify a series of settings in the web browsers. This suspicious software is not among the applications you download willingly. It doesn't have an official product page, and cannot be found in the platforms for software downloads either. Instead, you may be encouraged to load it as an additional tool of various types of freeware. When it reaches your PC, PlayyNews immediately attaches itself as an add-on towards Google Chrome, Mozilla...

The '888-991-9974' pop-ups are technical support tactics that may be used to acquire money, information or access to your PC under fraudulent pretenses. Malware experts most often find the '888-991-9974' pop-ups bundled with fake software updates, which, after installation, deliver equally fake Windows warning messages. Since following the instructions in a the '888-991-9974' pop-ups may expose you to additional risks, you should ignore any recommendations from these messages while using...

Browsers App is questionable software that may be safely dismissed as adware. Browsers App is, like most adware, installed as a browser plugin, and forces your Internet browser to display vast amounts of advertisements. Being an ad-supported product, Browsers App may present pop-up, contextual (underlined hyperlinks), banner, interstitial, and other types of obtrusive ads. However, being an annoyance is the least of what the Browsers App ads are capable. Ads displayed by Browsers App are a...

Movie Wizard is software that promises to deliver features that allow you to adjust the screen brightness while viewing online videos. Although this feature may seem interesting and useful, Movie Wizard is defined as an adware and a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) for a number of reasons. Movie Wizard may intrude on you by displaying various annoying advertisements including pop-up, banner, interstitial, hyperlink, and other types of ads. The developers of Movie Wizard seem to justify this...

TrojanDownloader.Adcurl is a threat that may be employed by malicious third-parties to download and install malware into infected systems. The primary purpose of TrojanDownloader.Adcurl is to infiltrate its target and allow entrance of other hazardous threats. Although some Trojans may require human assistance in order to introduce these additional infections, TrojanDownloader.Adcurl may do it automatically and in a silent manner. Once it has successfully penetrated the user's computer,...

[RANDOM WORDS].pcupdates4free.org are a group of potentially malicious subdomains that may present users with fake software updates. [RANDOM WORDS].pcupdates4free.org is used to trick the unsuspecting user into downloading and installing junkware and sometimes even malware. The dubious website does not usually operate on its own and whenever there are [RANDOM WORDS].pcupdates4free.org issues, you may also find the presence of adware or Potentially Unwanted Programs on the compromised system....

OptiSpace is one of those products that claim to enhance the user's online browsing experience and can be installed as a browser add-on for major browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer. However, OptiSpace is considered to be nothing but adware that may be used by third parties to generate revenue in a dishonest manner. Namely, a browser that is equipped with OptiSpace may deliver an unusual amount of advertisements that are, supposedly, part of the adware's...

In a perfect world, those of us with the tech savvy means would all attempt to stream all of our entertainment instead of relying on expensive cable and satellite TV services. Currently, there are few viable alternatives to cable and satellite service but most are illegal streaming sites. Of those sites, three, in particular have been taken offline after a joint investigation by Romanian and US authorities. Law enforcement agencies have been steadily busy at work tackling many hacker...

Updates24everyone.org is a web-based threat that has been associated with delivering fraudulent software update alerts. Domains such as Updates24everyone.org are frequently used by those with malicious intent to trick users into downloading and installing useless or malicious software that may be disguised as a critical update. For example, the alerts of Updates24everyone.org may claim that the user's Adobe Flash Player, Java, Internet browser, or another important application is out of date...

Internet Quick Access is advertised as a faster and better alternative to popular Internet browsers, and it is based on the open-source Chromium project. However, Internet Quick Access is referred as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) for several reasons. One of the selling features of Internet Quick Access promises to "add quick links to key user functions", but users may find that the custom browser does more than that. In an attempt to hoist Web traffic, Internet Quick Access may also...

Readyset.onlinelivevideo.net is a web-based threat that promotes fake software updates. Readyset.onlinelivevideo.net pop-ups may attempt to trick users into installing adware or, in the worst-case scenario, malware. Although Readyset.onlinelivevideo.net pop-ups do not necessarily represent a malware infection, their occurrence does indicate that your PC may be infected with adware or a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program). Furthermore, these types of fraudulent alert messages may often be found...

TakeOrLeave is an ad-supported application that is capable of displaying pop-up, pop-under, banner, in-text, interstitial, and other types of advertisements. Malware analysts claim that TakeOrLeave may not have any beneficial features and is, thus, considered to be a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). Apart from the obvious issues constituted from the aggressive advertisement behavior of TakeOrLeave such as slower browser performance and crashing, you may also expose vulnerabilities in your...