BestDiscountApp

Posted: August 21, 2014

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Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	995

First Seen:	August 21, 2014
Last Seen:	October 17, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

BestDiscountApp is an adware program that modifies Web pages to load advertisements in addition to their normal content. BestDiscountApp advertisements are not necessarily threatening to your PC but do represent an unnecessary security risk. Malware researchers also took note of BestDiscountApp's questionable business history, which includes occasional incidents of nonconsensual installations. Without any concrete reasons for doing otherwise, you always should consider uninstalling BestDiscountApp with a dependable anti-adware product.

The Discounts Indistinguishable from Advertisements

BestDiscountApp is described in the form of a shopping discount tool by its website marketing, providing otherwise difficult to obtain prices and special offers. However, BestDiscountApp's functions also fulfill the standard purposes of adware, by forcing its users into contact with announcements that may or may not be to their benefit. Malware researchers have seen BestDiscountApp advertisements occupying multiple formats, which may include:

Interstitial or transitional advertisements that redirect your browser to a BestDiscountApp advertisement prior to allowing an unrelated site to finish loading.
BestDiscountApp also may inject banners, product offer thumbnails and other advertisements into Web pages while you view them. These advertisements may obscure the Web page's native content or unintentionally hinder your interactions with the site (such as by blocking a menu).
BestDiscountApp also may include support for text-based advertisements, which frequently use the formats of keyword offers injected into the text of unaffiliated sites.

BestDiscountApp advertisements often are labeled as being delivered by the BestDiscountApp add-on, allowing PC users who haven't installed BestDiscountApp intentionally to identify BestDiscountApp relatively quickly. Most major browsers are modifiable by current versions of BestDiscountApp, including the top Windows browsers, such as Internet Explorer and Chrome.

The Best Way out of a BestDiscountApp Problem

Even though malware researchers have tracked BestDiscountApp's various installations throughout 2014 (and expected to continue into 2015), the majority of BestDiscountApp installations appear to be nonconsensual. Investigations into BestDiscountApp's alternative distribution channels remain works in progress, although malware experts often find that poor file-downloading habits are the root of adware problems.

Suspicious, downloaded files should be scanned by anti-adware utilities, to identify a BestDiscountApp installer before BestDiscountApp can launch itself. In other cases, fraudulent software updates, concealed download scripts served by compromised sites and even previous infections by Trojan downloaders sometimes are blamable for BestDiscountApp's presence.

If they're accessible, you should use qualified PC security tools for deleting BestDiscountApp. BestDiscountApp has a history wealthy in incidents of its blocking manual deletion methods, which, if attempted, could fail to delete BestDiscountApp's advertisements. However, they still may remove the interface that lets the PC's owners identify BestDiscountApp. Until you've removed BestDiscountApp, all contact with its advertisements and affiliate offers should be taken with a high degree of self-awareness to other, potential attacks that could occur, with or without BestDiscountApp's approval.

Technical Details

Additional Information

The following directories were created:

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\BestDiscountApp%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\BestDiscountApp%PROGRAMFILES%\BestDiscountApp%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\BestDiscountApp