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DealDropDown

Posted: May 10, 2013

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 8
First Seen: May 10, 2013
OS(es) Affected: Windows

DealDropDown Screenshot 1DealDropDown, also known as Deal Drop Down, is an adware application that displays deals, special offers and pop-up and in-text coupon ads while an affected web user is surfing the Internet. DealDropDown can be installed as a browser extension to Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Typically, DealDropDown targets all of the Internet browsers installed on the victimized computer system. Some of the pop-up advertisements shown by DealDropDown might be malicious or divert attacked web users to dangerous websites; therefore if the PC user clicks on any advertisement shown by DealDropDown, the computer might get contaminated with various malware threats. DealDropDown gathers personal information about the victim's online activities. The gathered data is later used for targeted advertisements to be displayed on the compromised PC. The collected data might also be sold to third parties. DealDropDown might come bundled with other software products, involving but not limited to search engines. DealDropDown may cause unwanted redirects to the supported websites. DealDropDown will also substitute the default home page, search engine and new tab page with anything else without the computer user's permission.

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