Category: Potentially Unwanted Application

3May

Remove Plantthey.com pop-up ads

3 May 2019 Nikolaus Dreher Leave a comment

What can be said about Plantthey.com pop-up ads

Plantthey.com pop-up ads is a highly questionable domain that tries to trick users into allowing alerts. Basically, it’s a social engineering attack employs tricks to make people allow ads to be displayed on the desktop. These kinds of sites have become quite routine in recent months. When someone is rerouted to the web page, an alert pops up, asking for consent to show alerts. “Notifications” basically mean ads so users are consenting to advertisements on the desktop if they press “Allow”. Those adverts are very irritating because of how intrusive they are. People who found themselves allowing those notifications to pop up need to avoid clicking on any ads in the desktop as they are likely not safe. Clicking on one of those ads might result in a severe infection, since they are shown by a questionable page. For those who have authorised notifications to appear, we’ll show how to cancel it further on.

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2May

Remove Havenotifyfriends.info POP-UP Ads

2 May 2019 Gerry Seeger Leave a comment

About Havenotifyfriends.info POP-UP Ads

Havenotifyfriends.info POP-UP Ads detected by the anti-virus tool you have installed probably means a generic potentially not wanted application (PUP) has inhabited your PC. PUPs are not severe threats, since their main intention isn’t to harm your device. Since PUPs are often disguised as handy applications, some users may authorize them to remain. They may be concealed as applications that will apparently help your computer operate more smoothly, games and browser extensions. When applications attempt to install through software bundling without explicitly asking for permission and request users to pay for useless services, they are typically categorized as PUPs. Fake system optimizers and virus removal programs will pester you to purchase their complete versions by implementing scare tactics, while you will be exposed to constant ads if you’re dealing with a suspicious browser plug-in. It’s categorized as a PUP for a reason, thus we recommend you uninstall Havenotifyfriends.info POP-UP Ads.

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20Apr

Delete CryptoTab Extension

20 Apr 2018 Gerry Seeger Leave a comment

About this threat

CryptoTab is your usual suspicious browser extension that will modify your browser’s settings the second it arrives in. Users most commonly get invaded when they hastily set up free applications, and what occurs is your browser’s settings are changed and the browser adjoins the extension. The add-on will then start performing redirects and showing you more ads than you are used to. It behaves this way because that is how it gains money so it isn’t valuable to you. These types of add-on won’t directly endanger devices but that doesn’t mean they are entirely safe. You may end up with a severe malware contamination if you were redirected to a compromised web page. You really need to eliminate CryptoTab so that you don’t put your device in danger.

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18Apr

Delete Gosocialhub.com

18 Apr 2018 Gerry Seeger Leave a comment

About this contamination in short

Gosocialhub.com is a hijacker that you might out of the blue bump into in your device. Reroute viruses are generally accidentally set up by users, they might even be oblivious to the infection. Hijackers are attached to freeware, and this is called bundling. A redirect virus is not thought to be dangerous and thus should not damage your OS in a direct way. You will, however, experience frequent redirects to promoted pages, because that is why they even exist. Hijackers don’t check the sites so you can be redirected to one that would lead to a malicious program infection. We don’t recommend keeping it as it is somewhat worthless to you. To go back to normal surfing, you must remove Gosocialhub.com.

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18Apr

How to delete Wallpaperscollection.pro

18 Apr 2018 Jason Phillips Leave a comment

About this threat

Wallpaperscollection.pro is your typical browser intruder that could arrive into a OS without the explicit consent of the user. It is able to do that because it’s adjoined to free programs and when inattentive users set up that free applications, they unwittingly allow the browser hijacker to arrive into as well. You are fortunate that the hijacker isn’t a malicious virus and it won’t damage your device directly. That doesn’t mean, however, that it belongs on your device. You will notice that your net browser’s settings have been modified and redirects to sponsored pages are happening. It might be capable of redirecting you to damaging sites. Since it presents no valuable features it is advised to terminate Wallpaperscollection.pro.

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17Apr

Remove Cryptosearch.site

17 Apr 2018 Jason Phillips Leave a comment

About this hijacker

Cryptosearch.site is a dubious hijacker with the aim of making traffic. The hijacker may take over your Internet browser and carry out unneeded changes to it. While unnecessary alterations and suspicious redirects frustrate numerous users, hijackers aren’t hazardous system threats. They don’t directly jeopardize your machine however they do increase the chance of bumping into harmful malevolent programs. Hijackers aren’t concerned with what pages users may be directed to, therefore malicious virus could be downloaded if you were to enter an infected site. The search tool is suspicious and may reroute you to questionable sites, so you should eliminate Cryptosearch.site.

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