Glawandius.com

Glawandius.com is a browser-based tactic that tries tricking users into subscribing to its notifications. Users can get redirected to the Glawandius.com website if their computers have been infected with a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) of the adware family.

Programs like Glawandius.com redirect users to webpages and bombard them with intrusive advertisements such as banners, pop-ups, surveys and others. One of the purposes of such activities is to generate revenue for evil actors and bogus advertising companies. Many of the advertisements that programs such as Glawandius.com redirect to might lead to further infections with different malware types.

Furthermore, having your surfing redirected through programs like Glawandius.com can expose your browsing data to ill-minded actors. This includes your surfing activity, visited pages, search queries, Internet service provider (ISP), IP addresses, browser type and version and cookie information. Not only that, but adware programs are sometimes capable of collecting more data. This can lead to serious security issues, so it is advised that you avoid any such programs as best as you can.

One of the main ways in which adware programs, such as the ones causing the Glawandius.com redirect can infiltrate a system, is through freeware bundles installed by the users themselves. Glawandius.com, however, uses another method, which is to ask the user to ''Allow'' it to send notifications, with a screen showing an ''I'm not a robot'' verification box. Needless to say, if the users click the ''Allow'' button, they will be bombarded with intrusive advertisements, even when their browser is closed.

The way these programs find their way onto your computer and the security risks they pose is why security experts recommend removing them as soon as you're aware of their activities.