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Serpens Ads

Posted: November 25, 2015

Threat Metric

Ranking: 14,692
Threat Level: 8/10
Infected PCs: 351
First Seen: November 25, 2015
Last Seen: February 14, 2025
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Nowadays, the administrators of webpages may include ads to cover some of their expenses. While there may not be nothing wrong with this process, you should know that the commercial materials with the slogan 'Powered by Serpens' may not be displayed by the sites you visit. They may appear when there is adware in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. The new commercial materials may not be as reliable as the page-based ones, so you should proceed with caution. The questionable Web add-on called Serpens is one of those applications that may count mainly on the bundling method to reach PC users. Serpens may be included into executable files of third-party free programs that will promote it as a helpful shopping assistant. The statement that the adware will let you buy the products you need at a better price is quite doubtful.

The problem is that its partners may be suspicious and unreliable. Even if they offer you a lower price, they may not hold their end of the deal. In addition, some of the pop-ups that Serpens creates may ask you to take part in surveys that try to obtain your email address, which may in turn result in spam. Besides pop-ups, this adware also may create banners, animations and interstitial ads. It may even include video commercials in the webpages, which could increase the loading time significantly. Serpens may record the sites that you visit and the searches you perform. This information may provide all the necessary data to narrow down your interests, so the coupons and vouchers may be surprisingly user-relevant. However, for safety reasons it is better not to click on them. If you wish to stop the annoying ads from loading, you should use a powerful anti-malware solution to eliminate the adware from your PC.

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