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A-collective.media.net

Posted: August 16, 2013

A-collective.media.net is an advertising platform company that is associated with spamming and related scams and has indirect ties to adware programs that promote its content on a non-consensual basis. A-collective.media.net adware attacks usually are made apparent through pop-ups and injected advertising content that is served to the PC user regardless of which websites are being loaded and should be considered equivalent to malware attacks. While SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have not found A-collective.media.net's advertising content to be especially malicious, you also should continue to take appropriate precautions against attacks that are likely to be utilized through adware, including phishing attacks disguised as polls, fake software updates and drive-by-downloads. The underlying adware responsible for A-collective.media.net pop-ups, of course, should be removed with specialized anti-malware tools whenever applicable.

Online advertising companies are one of the most prolific grounds for both legitimate Internet entrepreneurship and online scams – and A-collective.media.net appears to have combined both in its services. While A-collective.media.net's advertising content isn't designed to be malicious, A-collective.media.net has been known to promote its services through misleading and outright fraudulent spam e-mail messages, and SpywareRemove.com malware researchers would recommend any prospective customer think twice before availing themselves of A-collective.media.net's promotional services. Contact with A-collective.media.net, by itself, is not necessarily dangerous to your computer, although that doesn't mean that you should be willing to disregard the common-sense security protocols that should apply to any advertising site that provides third-party content.

Aside from its personal history, A-collective.media.net also is of concern to SpywareRemove.com malware researchers due to its occasional relationship with adware attacks. Adware programs may promote numerous advertising sites, of which A-collective.media.net is just one of many, but A-collective.media.net adware attacks have become especially common in mid-2013. A-collective.media.net adware attacks usually cause two primary symptoms:

  • Injecting additional advertising content into unrelated Web pages.
  • Creating A-collective.media.net pop-up windows.

In both cases, these attacks will occur at random intervals and without any regard for what sites you may be visiting at the time.

Filtering A-collective.media.net Out of Your Choice of Online Media

As is generally true for adware-related attacks, A-collective.media.net and its advertisements are not necessarily dangerous to your PC compared to other typical advertising networks. However, the browser changes that promote A-collective.media.net through pop-ups and other attacks are noticeable security issues that SpywareRemove.com malware researchers recommend resolving as soon as possible. Because A-collective.media.net adware is not related to a distinct software product that could be uninstalled by normal means, the use of anti-malware software should be considered the default solution to an A-collective.media.net adware infection.

The original infection routes for A-collective.media.net adware attacks have not yet been confirmed. However, low-level PC threats like A-collective.media.net adware often use free software bundles to install themselves along with other applications, and SpywareRemove.com malware experts continue to find reasons to recommend avoiding potentially dangerous download sources that may install similar PC threats automatically.

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