Downloaddino.com

Downloaddino.com is a site that uses promises of free software to distribute threats, or illegal programs that attack your PC for various ends. Infection vectors like Downloaddino.com always should be avoided insofar as it's possible to do so, and malware researchers would consider it a common sense precaution to indulge in an anti-malware scan after any contact with Downloaddino.com or with a site that's affiliated with Downloaddino.com. Naturally, while installing software from Downloaddino.com is very inadvisable, Downloaddino.com also may exploit automatic download-and-install techniques that don't need the visitor's permission to take place.

The Downloading Dino that Wants a Bite out of Your Computer

One of the most frequent sources of threat distribution, along with Potentially Unwanted Programs like adware, is that of the free software website. Generalized freeware sites often are implicated in PUP distribution through bundles, but, in the worst of cases, also may be involved in distributing threatening software. Downloaddino.com is one site that malware experts have found to be involved in such schemes, with its modus operandi involving the installation of threats through bundled downloads. Although some of the programs offered by Downloaddino.com may work as advertised, they also include unwanted additional programs that are designed to harm your computer.

Malware researchers still are involved in investigating specific payloads from Downloaddino.com, which the majority of PC security companies has yet to scour. Due to the limited sample availability, you should get ready for one or all of the subsequent threats that may be related to contact with Downloaddino.com:

• Spyware programs such as Bancos Trojans or Trojan Zeus. They steal your personal information but rarely have any visible symptoms, besides the possibility of unusual requests from Web pages that have been modified to ask for new information for theft.
• Backdoor Trojans, which open a network connection with third-party-operated servers that may issue numerous commands, including installing other threats, disabling other security features or taking direct control of your mouse/keyboard.
• Worms, which may exploit local networks or removable hard drives to duplicate themselves and compromise other computers.
• Variants of Police Ransomware Trojans, Ukash Viruses and similar PC threats that block applications and your desktop in order to demand the payment of a fake legal fee.
• Rogue security programs or system cleaners, such as fake defragmenters, Registry cleaners, anti-virus scanners and anti-spyware products. Browser hijackings and blocked programs are common side effects of these scamware infections.

Sending the Downloaddino.com's Payload into Extinction

An appropriate response to Downloaddino.com always includes consultation with PC security experts and/or using strong anti-malware applications with proven histories against multiple types of PC threats. Due to the potential variety of threats that may be distributed through Downloaddino.com, malware researchers currently are unable to offer specific solutions except on a case-by-case basis. However, they do stress that competent anti-malware tools should be able to detect software installer bundles that are compromised by the inclusion of threats.

Appropriate precautions also can make a difference between needing to avoid Downloaddino.com and needing to remove threats installed by its attacks. Updating software habitually will present a smaller base of vulnerabilities that Downloaddino.com could use to attack your computer, and disabling often-abused features like JavaScript will keep your Web-browsing experience safer than it would be with all features enabled by default.