Muvflix.com

Muvflix.com is a movie rental website that has a history of association with Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) and questionable business practices, such as fraudulent charges. While visiting this site may not harm your computer, malware experts recommend considering whether or not to provide it with sensitive information like your credit card number carefully. Contact your credit card company, if needed, for further help, and use standard security software to remove Muvflix.com hijackers.

Flicks at a Price Too High to Pay

The impetus for participating in media fads isn't trivial and is one of the driving forces behind threatening software campaigns distributing their payloads via mislabeled downloads, as well as fraudulent websites. Although these exploits are ancient, malware experts often find new variants of them at work each month. For instance, the movie-renting domain of Muvflix.com, which has a history of collecting money without providing its advertised services repeatedly.

Unlike most of the websites malware experts analyze, Muvflix.com isn't part of a campaign for circulating threatening software and doesn't host threats like the currently-popular RIG Exploit Kit. However, some users are reporting of their Web browsers redirecting to Muvflix.com automatically through a still-unidentified PUP, which may be installing itself as a toolbar or browser extension. Additional symptoms you might see can include advertisements injected into other Web pages, pop-up windows, and having your homepage or search settings locked to Muvflix.com or other Web addresses.

Miscellaneous service issues that malware experts are confirming through multiple sources regarding Muvflix.com are:

• The website may advertise falsely as having more or different content than it hosts, such as this year's cinematic releases.
• Muvflix.com may charge for a supposedly 'free' trial service immediately.
• Muvflix.com may continue to charge your credit card after you cancel the service.
• Muvflix.com may claim to deliver a refund without doing so.
  

  Cleaning Up after a Dirty Cinema

  Even software that's not unsafe by its technical classification can be potentially threatening to leave installed on your PC. Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs), which consist of advertising and browser-redirecting add-ons mostly, rarely curate the websites or advertisements that they promote. The result is that over an extended time, your PC can expose itself to threats like exploit kits or tactics that install real threats or take advantage of you in other ways. Browsers loading sites like Muvflix.com automatically should be considered compromised and potentially unsafe to use.

  Most security products with anti-adware features or general-purpose system cleaning functions can identify PUPs and remove them. Malware experts recommend scanning your PC completely, terminating all browser processes, and erasing temporary files (like cookies) that could have any associations with the Muvflix.com site. Besides uninstalling Muvflix.com hijackers and other PUPs, you also may wish to contact your bank or credit card company for further help.

  Even con artists know that it feels good to participate in society by seeing the latest movies, news or television shows. Until human nature catches up with technology, readers should expect more services with suspicious business models like Muvflix.com making rounds on the Web.