Archive for 2017
Web surfers are accustomed to ads, the entities that push the online world forward and allow millions of users to use multiple cool services free of charge. Underneath commonplace sponsored information displayed on websites, there are complex monetization schemes where some parties pay and some get paid. Unfortunately, abusing this business model is in cybercriminals’ […]
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Web browsing issues due to adware activity are not restricted to ads serving right inside sites that are being visited. The impact can be a fusion of sponsored data injection, popups and traffic redirects. This is how the Wizzcaster virus operates. It triggers annoying popups in an infected browser and then resolves different landing pages […]
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Not all adware threats cause as many unwanted effects as All-czech.com does. It modifies default settings in web browsers, stealthily collects sensitive online data, displays excessive advertisements on sites and may install an intrusive browser toolbar. When doing all of this, the application does not ask for the user’s permission, which certainly deviates from the […]
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Computer adware can take various shapes and cause different symptoms. Some redirect their victims’ web traffic to certain sites by tweaking custom browsing settings. Others embed advertisements into pages via a virtual layer displayed on top of the original content. What all of these obtrusive apps have in common is the environment that they affect […]
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Browser hijackers are notorious for their persistence. While the harm from being attacked by this sort of malware is negligible as compared to a ransomware or banking Trojan compromise, the troubleshooting still takes quite a bit of time and effort. This holds true for the kipuu.cn infection, which changes web browsing defaults without asking for […]
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