‘Together We Fight Cancer’ Pop-Up

The 'Together We Fight Cancer' pop-up is a symptom of a recent advertising campaign that makes heavy use of automatically-installed software, which may be indicative of either threats or Potentially Unwanted Programs. Like other pay-per-click advertising options, the 'Together We Fight Cancer' pop-up is not necessarily vetted for your PC's safety, and malware researchers warn against any prolonged, unprotected interaction with a 'Together We Fight Cancer' pop-up, regardless of its seemingly good intentions. Removing the adware that's causing a 'Together We Fight Cancer' pop-up always should take priority over other PC maintenance tasks, but any standard, competent anti-adware program should be able to do so with little trouble.

The Pop-Up that Fights Disease with Advertisements

Out of the various ills plaguing mankind, cancer remains one of the most infamous, and, accordingly, most commonly targeted by high-profile charitable organizations. However, malware experts also see cancer used as a theme in online misleading tactics, such as with the 'Together We Fight Cancer' pop-up. This pop-up campaign generates pay-per-click or PPC profits by claiming that any advertisements 'clicked' will give a small donation to a fictitious 'National Cancer Association.'

The nature of the advertisements provided by the 'Together We Fight Cancer' pop-up still is under investigation. Nonetheless, malware experts warn against any casual encounters with these advertisements, which are likely to redirect you to other online hoaxes or even attacks against your PC. A telltale sign of the 'Together We Fight Cancer' pop-up campaign's duplicitous nature is its exploitation by software that's installed automatically and tries to prevent its easy removal from your Web browser. These programs may generate the 'Together We Fight Cancer' Pop-Ups automatically, with no regard for the websites that are being browsed at the time.

Fighting the Good Fight for the Control of Your Web Browser

Recurring appearances of the 'Together We Fight Cancer' Pop-Ups tend to be symptoms of software that's installed on your computer automatically, and with no purpose other than loading advertisements with no benefit to the user. As always in such circumstances, removing the adware that's forcing the 'Together We Fight Cancer' pop-up to appear is encouraged over finding ways to ignore or block a 'Together We Fight Cancer' pop-up, which may allow other, unsafe browser changes to continue to harm your online security. Malware researchers suggest the use of anti-adware utilities for deleting these PC threats, but, in some cases, the use of additional anti-malware tools may be required.

The types of browsers affected by the 'Together We Fight Cancer' pop-ups have not been finalized although major Windows browsers like Chrome and Internet Explorer show signs of being most likely to be affected. As for its distribution, the 'Together We Fight Cancer' pop-up adware is suspected to be using bundles with other, free software to install itself. However, alternative exploits or Trojan droppers, also may be used to open up your browser to these kinds of advertisements.