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Games[RANDOM WORD] Ads

Posted: June 9, 2016

The latest trend among the developers of adware extensions is to host them on sites for online games. Thus, PC users who download safe and interesting games also may load unwanted additional plugins without suspecting. If it happens, you will soon enough start encountering intrusive commercial materials. If you notice ads with the slogan 'Brought by Games[RANDOM WORD],' you may have downloaded some content from Gamescake.com, Gameslagoon.com, Gamescrystal.com or Gamescrystal.com. All of these pages are identical in all aspects except for their names. They are hosted on the same server, and their developer is the same. Besides the slight differences in their names, the behavior and purpose of these adware extensions are always the same. Their aim is to make sponsored third-party domains more popular places on the Internet. To accomplish it, these ad-oriented plugins may inject all kinds of aggressive commercial materials. The ads may be pop-ups, banners, hyperlinked words, transitional ads, interstitial ads or embedded videos. They may fully replace the page-based offers. The Games[RANDOM WORD] ads also may appear on sites that were previously ad-clean. The adware can keep a record of your online searches. It also may analyze which pages you visit most frequently. This activity may allow Games[RANDOM WORD] to adjust the offers and discounts to your particular taste. You should remember to be vigilant if you decide to check where they will take you. In some cases, the sponsored links Games[RANDOM WORD] may open safe e-commerce platforms. In other instances, however, you may end up on platforms that try to infect its visitors or trick them. The questionable extension related to the listed gaming sites also may deteriorate the performance of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Games[RANDOM WORD] may inject multimedia ads as well, which may burden your CPU and cause unexpected speed drops or freezes. Once you detect the Games[RANDOM WORD] ads, you should use a credible security utility to eliminate this adware.

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