Cr.tractionize.com

Cr.tractionize.com is a website used to distribute threatening and unwanted software. Cr.tractionize.com's tactics include both social engineering-based download strategies, such as offering fraudulent program updates, as well as exploits that could infect your computer automatically. To keep your PC from being abused by threat attacks that are not immediately visible, malware researchers recommend scanning your computer with anti-malware utilities after any known exposure to infection vector-classified domains, including Cr.tractionize.com. Cr.tractionize.com attacks may be triggered by third party programs that also may be considered no less than direct threats to your computer.

Cr.tractionize.com: a New Wound for an Already-Bleeding Heart

Historically, Cr.tractionize.com is associated with unwanted pop-up windows that automatically are created by browser add-ons, adware and other, unwanted programs. Although this fact may be only sufficient for classifying Cr.tractionize.com as another advertising or tracking domain, Cr.tractionize.com's 'advertisements' may include toxic Web content that attacks vulnerable PCs. Along with a generic ActiveX-based exploit, Cr.tractionize.com may be hosting Heartbleed – a recently-identified vulnerability that allows third parties to gather information that is protected by non-updated versions of OpenSSL.

Only some forms of SSL encryption are vulnerable to these attacks, excluding non-open source variants and the most recent versions of OpenSSL. However, the prototypical 'green padlock' symbol that may be found on banking domains and other commerce-related websites no longer can be assumed as a foolproof defense against the collection of passwords and other, equal data.

Cr.tractionize.com also may have more on its mind than simply collecting your information. The latest Cr.tractionize.com pop-ups use fraudulent Flash Player updates to distribute threatening and unwanted programs. This delivery mechanic is particularly prevalent on fake movie-streaming domains, but Cr.tractionize.com pop-ups also may be created by other programs, including additional threats. Because of the additional inclusion of generic ActiveX exploits, Cr.tractionize.com's downloads may be installed automatically.

Retracting Your Browser from Cr.tractionize.com Pop-Up Problems

Although many websites updated their way out of the now-infamous Heartbleed vulnerability as soon as a proper security patch became available, Cr.tractionize.com shows that this vulnerability still may be threatening to the general public. Cr.tractionize.com also exemplifies the multi-faceted nature of threat distribution, which may use more than one method of distributing spyware, Windows locker Trojans and other PC threats, in case the initial attack fails. Most importantly, malware researchers find that a good defense from Cr.tractionize.com attacks requires both basic self-defense knowledge on the part of the PC's user, as well as strong security settings and anti-malware defenses that can block automated attacks.

Cr.tractionize.com's intended payload still is being examined for its associated characteristics, and all contact with Cr.tractionize.com should be considered a viable reason to scan your PC; malware experts do not recommend that you wait until any visible symptoms of an attack appear. Cr.tractionize.com pop-ups, in particular, are a known attribute of Cr.tractionize.com's campaign that may be a symptom of the existence of other threatening software that already is harming your PC. In either case, resorting to a proper anti-malware application is prudent.