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ArmorArcade

Posted: June 6, 2016

Threat Metric

Ranking: 19,902
Threat Level: 8/10
Infected PCs: 42
First Seen: June 6, 2016
Last Seen: December 27, 2024
OS(es) Affected: Windows

ArmorArcade is an unreliable extension with adware features that may attach to Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer without your knowledge. This questionable application is closely related to Armorarcade.com, which is a platform for online games. You may find yourself on this page if you click on some online ads. The site itself is not harmful, which is the reason the leading Web clients have not blocked the access to it. It offers dozens of small games to its visitors. The content on Armorarcade.com is distributed into various categories like Puzzles, Strategy games, Casino and Driving simulators and Board games. Launching a game will not cause any immediate problem. The negative issues will only occur if you agree to install some of the suggested games on your machine. In this case, the questionable extension also may sneak in and cause modifications to the browsers. There may be no way to separate the game that attracted your attention from the adware since they come together. The purpose of the ArmorArcade plugin is to generate traffic towards sponsored sites. The adware also may promote third-party software. In both cases, the developers may receive certain commissions. This way they benefit from your online actions. ArmorArcade may be the reason you encounter persistent commercial materials on the majority of sites you view. This adware may generate aggressive pop-ups, banners, embedded videos and in-text ads. As you move from one page to the next one, you also may notice transitional and in-text ads that cover the whole screen as a second layer above the site. As long as ArmorArcade remains in your system, you may be unable to stop the ads. Even your ad-blockers may be inefficient against ArmorArcade. This adware has access to some information regarding your surfing sessions. The plugin cannot intercept passwords or record keystrokes, but may analyze your surfing history to get to know what may attract your interest. As a result, some of the coupons and discounts codes may be relevant to products or services you need right now. If you decide to explore them, you should be extremely careful because some of the sponsored domains may be unsafe. The experts encourage you not to risk landing on a corrupt site but to delete ArmorArcade with a leading security solution.

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