Beastlyrics

Posted: December 4, 2013

Threat Metric

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Ranking:	7,573
Threat Level:	1/10
Infected PCs:	4,281

First Seen:	December 4, 2013
Last Seen:	October 3, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Beastlyrics is a musically-purposed adware program that offers lyrics to accompany any music videos you may watch in your browser, but also modifies your browser's settings to let it show extra advertisements. Beastlyrics doesn't endanger your computer to the same level as a Trojan or other threats would, but Beastlyrics's advertisements may be security hazards, and malware researchers consider deleting Beastlyrics (or any other adware) to be best for establishing the safety of any PC. If you're interested in being certain that all of the advertising changes caused by Beastlyrics really are erased, choosing reliable anti-malware or anti-adware tools to smooth over Beastlyrics's removal also is more than recommended.

Beastlyrics: Blaring Commercial Jingles While You're Singing Along

Although many streaming video sites provided their own subtitles for lyrics, the software industry has had a tight grip on the regular creation of new lyrics-providing add-ons for almost as long as these sites have existed. Beastlyrics is one of the latest examples of these semi-redundant add-ons, with some others including LyricsPal, LyricsOn, Adware.LyricsKid, LyricalParty, SingAlong and ElectroLyrics Like all of these, Beastlyrics is genuine in the features that Beastlyrics provides, but also requires that you pay a price in return: allow Beastlyrics to show additional advertisements.

The most common adware function likely to be implemented by Beastlyrics is the injection of unrelated advertising banners or hyperlinks into Web pages that weren't intended to display them. However, Beastlyrics also may launch pop-ups, delay the loading of a site to display a full-window advertisement or modify your browser in other ways. Malware experts haven't confirmed incidents of Beastlyrics using these functions for deliberately unsafe purposes, thus categorizing Beastlyrics as a Potentially Unwanted Program, instead of as a threat.

Relaxing the Advertisements of a Browser Beast

Despite its including some minor functions that you may find helpful, Beastlyrics, overall, provides very little of benefit to your PC, and certainly doesn't provide advantages that would be commensurate to its advertising functions. Besides being a likely problem for your browser's stability, Beastlyrics advertisements also may be a source of phishing attacks, fraudulent updates and other hostile content which malware experts have seen thrive on adware-promoted advertisement sources. Reducing any unprotected interaction with Beastlyrics's advertisements and, eventually, removing Beastlyrics from your browser completely is in the best interest of your PC's security.

Anti-malware and anti-adware products can be helpful both for detecting Beastlyrics before Beastlyrics is installed as well as removing Beastlyrics (and its browser settings) without much effort or any risk of letting some browser changes remain installed. PC users who are in the habit of scanning installation files for Beastlyrics and other bundled adware products are much more likely to avoid getting surprised by pop-ups and other advertisements – although malware researchers would consider it best to steer clear of sites known for marketing such security-risky products, in any case.

Beastlyrics

Threat Metric

Beastlyrics: Blaring Commercial Jingles While You're Singing Along

Relaxing the Advertisements of a Browser Beast

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