‘Please remove ity.im ads from your website’ Pop-Up Alert

Posted: January 22, 2013

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Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	7

First Seen:	January 22, 2013
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

'Please remove ity.im advertisements from your website' pop-up alert is a pop-up that may occur as a side effect of your PC being infected by variants of Trojans from the Alureon family. Due to ity.im being a confirmed scam site that exploits pay-per-click advertising to gain money, SpywareRemove.com malware experts theorize that the majority of these pop-ups are appearing as a result of a failed attempt to display ity.im-related PPC advertisements or related adware attacks. Alureon infections also have been confirmed to include other attacks, especially functions that steal private information, and you should delete the source of 'Please remove ity.im advertisements from your website' pop-up alerts with suitable anti-malware products that can ensure that all components of the related PC threat are removed.

Why 'Please remove ity.im advertisements from your website' Pop-Up Alert isn't the Worst Thing You Could See

SpywareRemove.com malware researchers estimate that 'Please remove ity.im advertisements from your website' pop-up alert attacks actually are aborted attempts to display advertisement pop-ups on the infected computer. In such cases, seeing a 'Please remove ity.im advertisements from your website' pop-up alert may be preferable than having the real and potentially harmful advertising content loaded. Current 'Please remove ity.im advertisements from your website' pop-up alert attacks also are associated with variants of Alureon like Trojan.MBR.Alureon!IK, which are high-level PC threats with the following features:

Internet-transmitted data may be intercepted to steal credit card information, passwords and other information.
Your DNS settings may be altered to facilitate exposure to browser-based attacks.
Alureon may change your operating system's drivers and has the potential to corrupt some OS components past the point of usability.
In some cases, Alureon also may disable your keyboard.

Cramming the 'Please remove ity.im advertisements from your website' Pop-Up Alert Back Where It Came From

Because a 'Please remove ity.im advertisements from your website' pop-up alert is just one symptom of a larger and multifaceted infection, you should use anti-malware software to remove the 'Please remove ity.im advertisements from your website' pop-up alert and the malware that's associated with the 'Please remove ity.im advertisements from your website' pop-up alert. SpywareRemove.com malware experts also suggest that you change passwords and other confidential information that may have been stolen prior to the removal of the source of 'Please remove ity.im advertisements from your website' pop-up alert attacks.

Technical Details

Additional Information

The following messages's were detected:

#	Message
1	Pleaes remove ity.im ads from your website.