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Months after the scandalous exposure of the Superfish adware app being pre-installed on Lenovo laptops, Dell machines sold since July 2015 were found to be shipped with a digital certificate that might get the customers’ sensitive data compromised. Called eDellRoot, this entity is originally intended to facilitate automated support and maintenance of laptops and desktop […]
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Characterizing Flirchi as “the fastest-growing online discovery network”, its creators might have a point, but projects like that should ideally bring an exciting experience and pleasant emotions rather than frustration. In this case, however, users are often times complaining of ads and browser redirects that accompany the use of the service. Flirchi advertisements are reportedly […]
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With the commonplace Internet search services usually exhibiting a moderate amount of sponsored promotions in order not to scare customers off, in the case of piesearch.com an emphasis on intensive advertising becomes clear as early as on the start page. The keyword entry box proper is complemented with several logos linking to popular sites, and […]
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The Middle Rush app by SuperWeb LLC was designed to provide features that considerably differ from the ones its users expect. The various declared improvements of the customer’s web browsing routine fade when the side effects start manifesting themselves. Unwelcome comparison shopping information boxes, coupons and deals are the types of content this program serves […]
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Undesired effects accompanying potentially useful features of a computer application is not an uncommon occurrence. This sure is better than outright harm, but the pro side of such software is cold comfort to anyone affected. GetPrivate solution delivers free virtual private network functionality, which isn’t bad, but the concomitant influence on PCs, namely the superfluous […]
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Light-fingered online entrepreneurs’ hunt for easy profit has led them to the realm of ecommerce, where goods and services are advertised on web pages based on the visitor’s interests and biases. This sort of activity is absolutely legal as long as the promotional content is generated on the server end. Apps like the Capricornus, as […]
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PUP, which stands for ‘potentially unwanted program’, is a somewhat blurred concept that denotes different types of code tasked with implementing computer disruption activity. According to the analysis of Sonic Train add-on, the categorization can be narrowed down to interference with browser functioning and unsanctioned collection of a user’s private data. This guide clarifies the […]
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A somewhat hackneyed discourse about the polymorphism of malware may seem like a grade school level of perceiving the state of cybersecurity, but this doesn’t contradict its truthfulness in any way. The so-called Shortcut virus, also referred to as the USB flash drive virus, fully demonstrates that PC infections are all adware, banking trojans or […]
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The space occupied by file encrypting malware in the global computer threat pie chart has gotten big enough for security industry to build ad hoc features into their latest product lines. This, unfortunately, is merely a prevention measure rather than an effective way of approaching the matter after the fact. In the meanwhile, pests like […]
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New tab, homepage and search settings of web browsers are the most targeted areas as far as adware attacks go. Tweaking these defaults is what suffices malicious application publishers out there to make sure Internet traffic gets driven to multiple lookalike landing pages that bear hardly any informative component. That’s the exact operational vector that […]
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