Updatesoftnow.com

Updatesoftnow.com is a website that is actively promoted by browser redirects, pop-ups and other browser-changing effects of some types of Potentially Unwanted Programs and threats. Because Updatesoftnow.com most likely is distributing threats and unwanted programs through software patches, malware researchers ask you to think twice before downloading any software from the Updatesoftnow.com website, no matter how urgent or believable its download request appears to be. Even loading Updatesoftnow.com in your browser with no further interaction may be enough to compromise your computer in additional ways, and the relevant features of anti-malware utilities always should be put to use in such situations.

Updatesoftnow.com: Peddling the Patches that will not Do Your PC Any Good

Updatesoftnow.com was recently labeled as a threatening website that has yet to be verified as such by most other PC security companies. In the same style as threat domains like Update-browser.org or Update-critical.com, Updatesoftnow.com appears to be distributing fraudulent software updates that actually are threats for different forms of harmful and unwanted programs. Some of the typical types of threats that malware experts estimate could be installed through Updatesoftnow.com include:

• Advanced spyware programs, such as Trojan Zeus. Spyware tends to have few obvious symptoms, but steals personal information from FTP clients, bank accounts and other sources of potential profit.
• Backdoor Trojans. Backdoor Trojans usually are enablers for other types of threats, but also may let criminals exert direct influence on your computer to change its settings, delete software, etc.
• Police Trojans and other Windows-locking PC threats, usually identified by their desktop-sized pop-up alerts. They often block all other applications to force their victims to pay illegal ransom fees.
• Fraudulent security applications and system optimizers. These scamware programs provide all of the aesthetics of the utility they're imitating, but use false system information and may also block other programs without any justification.

Getting Your PC out of the Updatesoftnow.com Update Program

While being redirected to Updatesoftnow.com regularly is a particularly urgent security concern, malware researchers also would recommend scanning your PC after even one-time encounters with Updatesoftnow.com. Many, if not all threatening domains use exploit kits that may install threats onto your PC automatically, even when you've refused any download links that are offered by those domains. Disabling scripts in your browser is a partial remedy for these drive-by-downloads, but not a perfect replacement for real anti-malware defenses.

Updatesoftnow.com has not yet been identified as a threat by most other PC security organizations, including the majority of anti-malware vendors. Many brands of anti-malware programs may not be able to block Updatesoftnow.com's unsafe content, although keeping these programs updated will help them have increased chances of detecting these types of recently-identified PC threats. Malware researchers also point out that these updates serve a twofold purpose, by eliminating many of the vulnerabilities that exploit kits abuse in the first place.