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MovixHub

Posted: August 31, 2015

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 8/10
Infected PCs: 85
First Seen: August 31, 2015
OS(es) Affected: Windows

MovixHub is the name of a website, which provides its visitors with information about the upcoming movies. It contains data about the actors, release dates and links towards the YouTube trailers of the films. While this domain is not malicious, you should know that it is associated with an annoying browser extension. This add-on offers the clients the same information as the site, but also causes some negative changes. You may notice the alterations whenever you launch one of your web clients, no matter if you prefer Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer. What bothers the majority of users is the presence of unrequested ads in the form of pop-ups, banners and interstitial ads. This behavior is a typical feature of adware. This questionable extension may disrupt the operating speed of the web clients since it seizes a part of the system resources for its processes. You may also get annoyed to notice the same ads over and over again on almost every site you open. What some people don't expect is that some of the promoted pages may turn out to be unsafe. There is no mechanism that verifies the legitimacy of the affiliate pages. Usually any site administrator, who is willing to pay referral commissions, can use the services of adware to get a consistent flow of visitors. To protect your system from malware and yourself from scams, you should stay away from the ads. If you browse movixhub.com, you may notice that it doesn't contain a download button for the extension. This fact is not surprising at all because the add-on travels in a set with freeware. Luckily, a system scan with a reputable anti-malware solution will delete the adware quickly and efficiently.

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