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Palmodeal

Posted: September 28, 2015

Threat Metric

Ranking: 9,025
Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 2,066
First Seen: September 28, 2015
Last Seen: October 9, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Palmodeal is adware that comes in the form of a web extension that at the moment works only on Mozilla Firefox. As its name suggests, Palmodeal generates a large variety of deals that should improve your shopping. However, instead of assisting the users, the new ads may prove to be annoying to the majority of people. There is more than one factor that may contribute to the negative feedback. First of all, the presence of Palmodeal may be unrequested as it travels in software bundles. The users who skip the details during the installation process may agree to load the adware without suspecting. Second, the ads come in vast amounts. Palmodeal may create many pop-ups, banners, interstitial ads and in-text ads, which may follow you consistently wherever you go. As a result, you may get distracted and annoyed by the eye-catching commercial materials. It is also possible your Mozilla Firefox to start working slower than usual as it will be forced to use some of the resources to load the marketing elements. The third negative aspect of Palmodeal concerns to the partner sites, some of which may be untrustworthy. Some of the ads may inform you that you are the "lucky visitor" of the site, or that you have won some reward. When you click on these pop-ups, they will ask you to type your email address, which may result in spam. Some ads may even lead to potentially fraudulent or dangerous platforms in case the people behind Palmodeal haven't checked the affiliated pages as they should. The fourth problematic feature of the adware is that it may be hard to remove manually. The good news is that a powerful anti-malware application can delete Palmodeal efficiently.

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The following URL's were detected:
getshoppr.com
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