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WhatsappTime

Posted: February 23, 2016

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 8/10
Infected PCs: 96
First Seen: February 23, 2016
Last Seen: March 24, 2020
OS(es) Affected: Windows

WhatsappTime is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that may affect your browser negatively. Its developers assure the PC users that their software product will offer quick access to Whatsapp straight from their desktops. The name of this PUP intentionally deceives the users that it is legit. As you may notice if you open Whatsapptime.timeapp-studio.com, which is its official site, WhatsappTime is not associated with Whatsapp or Facebook in any way. The developers of the questionable application introduce themselves as 'a bunch of awesome dudes from around the globe.' They try to gain revenue from the Web activity of the PC users. WhatsappTime has some typical adware features. WhatsappTime generates commercial materials of all kinds, including pop-ups, banners, interstitial and transitional ads, hyperlinked words or embedded multimedia files. These ads may promote different coupons or exclusive offers that may redirect you towards third-party affiliate pages. You should keep in mind that WhatsappTime may have access to various details regarding your surfing sessions, such as the full searching and browsing history. This data may be used to make some ads appropriate for you. Clicks on them make the developers of this PUP receive certain commissions for redirecting you to their partners. However, it may be a bad idea to visit the sponsored sites for security reasons. Some of them may deceive you to install other PUPs or threats. You may even notice pop-ups encouraging you to dial the phone number of fake security specialists. WhatsappTime may lead to a noticeable drop in the performance of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Your Web clients may waste some resources for the loading of unwanted ads. The PUP also may interfere with the search results, so it may become more difficult for you to find the sites that you need. You should delete WhatsappTime with trustworthy security software to fix your browsers.

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