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Static.icmapp.com

Posted: January 2, 2014

Static.icmapp.com is a new pop advertising domain that already has built a substantial history for distributing undesirable and hostile Web content, including fraudulent software patches and premium scamware products. Because Static.icmapp.com's advertisements may present themselves in inaccurate ways to encourage you to download potentially threatening software on your own free will, both personal education about the dangers of unsafe advertisement sites and strong, passive anti-malware protection for your browsers are encouraged. Static.icmapp.com pop-ups that appear regularly always should be assumed to be a symptom of the presence of either threats or a Potentially Unwanted Program, both of which malware experts would suggest deleting with reliable anti-malware tools.

Why the Buzz on Static.icmapp.com is More Than Just Meaningless Channel Static

While Static.icmapp.com is not owned by any reputable advertising company, Static.icmapp.com does performance the traditional services of an online advertiser – but with a very negative twist. Advertisements from Static.icmapp.com have a strong correlation with the pop-up functions of adware and some Trojans, which load additional advertising windows for your browser. Along with an unorthodox means of advertisement delivery, Static.icmapp.com also uses non-mainstream advertising content that malware researchers feel comfortable in classifying as definitively unsafe.

The potential for other types of attacks originating from Static.icmapp.com's advertisements never should be discounted, but the bulk of its content seems to be related to the distribution of threats, causing Static.icmapp.com to be added to the ever-growing list of infection vector domains that should be avoided at all costs. Fake security updates for Adobe's Flash and fake system optimization alerts that claim to offer software to eliminate your PC's performance issues are two of the most common strategies seen from Static.icmapp.com and other infection vectors.

Although using social engineering to trick you into downloading the installers for Trojans and other threats is Static.icmapp.com's primary strategy, malware researchers often see these types of sites utilize automatically-downloading attacks, when necessary. Although these attacks may infect your PC automatically through the exploitation of generic software vulnerabilities, they should be identifiable and avoidable with the right anti-malware defenses.

Mapping a Safe Return from a Date with Static.icmapp.com

Anti-malware scans of your PC, along with being a good idea to induce regularly, also should be used whenever your browser loads Static.icmapp.com or other compromised sites known to distribute toxic software. Besides the actual threat that Static.icmapp.com installs, Static.icmapp.com also has a beneficial relationship with recently-emerged adware as of the past two months. These adware programs may display Static.icmapp.com advertisements by loading additional pop-ups, and have been found targeting non-English speaking regions, along with English-predominant ones like North America and the United Kingdom.

Newly-emergent PC threats, including both threatening software and the Web-based PC threats that tend to install them, are more likely than old ones to be able to avoid being detected by the appropriate security products. For this reason, malware experts advise you to update your anti-malware and other security programs regularly, but especially after you see Static.icmapp.com pop-up floods, fake Flash updates or other attacks reminiscent of this website.

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