Adware.agent.npo

Posted: November 11, 2013

Threat Metric

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Ranking:	3,105
Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	107,975

First Seen:	November 11, 2013
Last Seen:	October 17, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Adware.Agent.npo is a basic adware program: a program that displays advertisements in your browser. Most variants of Adware.Agent.npo software don't appear to have any beneficial features that would make you consider keeping the program, although its evasiveness and deliberate attempts to avoid being identified may make it difficult to determine the source of any new browser malfunctions. Adware.Agent.npo contains some traits of low-level threats and should be considered a definite, although minor, threat to your PC. Consequentially, malware experts may find no solution to an Adware.Agent.npo infection preferable to removing Adware.Agent.npo with strong anti-malware tools.

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Although this is awaiting confirmation by malware researchers, Adware.Agent.npo most may be distributed through torrenting networks and compromised sites, as these distribution methods have the most synergy with its disguise as an Adobe Flash update. Adware.Agent.npo installers bear different version names to trick users of different versions of Flash into 'patching' that graphics platform with a fake update, which installs Adware.Agent.npo.

Adware.Agent.npo then is detected, not through any obvious new programs, but through its advertisements. Because Adware.Agent.npo is designed and distributed as a threat, malware experts consider Adware.Agent.npo a low-level PC threat, rather than a PUP. Adware.Agent.npo has no advantages for your PC, but Adware.Agent.npo may cause problems including:

New pop-up windows with advertisements.
Injecting advertising content into Web pages unrelated to them. These advertisements may be graphical or text-based in format.
Redirecting your browser to advertising sites. In some instances, these attacks may prevent you from loading other websites.

Adware.Agent.npo is also misidentified as a Trojan downloader or a worm sometimes, although malware experts haven't been able to verify any independent software-downloading or self-copying functions for Adware.Agent.npo. Adware.Agent.npo's advertisements usually will not be accompanied by other symptoms of a newly-installed program.

A New Season with Less of Adware.Agent.npo in It

The greatest frequencies of Adware.Agent.npo attacks appear to have occurred earlier in 2013 than the current date, but Adware.Agent.npo still is likely to be in distribution through toxic sites and networks.
Regardless, Adware.Agent.npo does forecast the continual efforts of threat authors to distribute new PC threats through the brand names of safe companies like Adobe, and malware researchers have an additional reason to advise all readers to avoid updating Flash from sources that aren't confirmed as safe.

With its disguised installation methods and dearth of visible software components, Adware.Agent.npo may be difficult to detect and isolate without anti-malware tools. Deleting Adware.Agent.npo manually always should be considered a last resort in cases where appropriate anti-malware software isn't available for disinfecting your computer, particularly due to the possibility of Adware.Agent.npo installers being bundled with various other categories of threats.

Adware.agent.npo

Threat Metric

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A New Season with Less of Adware.Agent.npo in It

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