What is Flash-Search? Flash-Search is yet another potentially unwanted program (PUP) for Windows computers. This program is a browser extension that belongs to the family of browser hijackers. Browser hijackers are designed to generate ad revenue. They change a web browser’s settings and/or homepage to inject unwanted ads into the user’s web browser. Browser hijackers
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Defense-software.com pop-up scam (Virus removal guide)
What is Defense-software.com? Defense-software.com is a site involved in the You’ve visited illegal infected website scam. The scam masquerades as a McAfee or Norton system scan, displays fake scan results and virus alerts claiming that a computer is infected with viruses. Scammers use fake virus alerts to trick users into downloading or purchasing software they
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Time Delta xyz Virus (removal guide)
What is Time Delta xyz? Time Delta xyz is a SCAM that pretends to be a captcha verification asking visitors to confirm they are human. Scammers use fake captcha verification pop-ups to bait users into allowing push notifications from malicious ad servers. Users can stumble onto Time Delta xyz Live just by entering a misspelled
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Video-watch1.com Virus Removal Guide
What is Video-watch1.com? Video-watch1.com pop-ups are a social engineering attack that is used to trick users into allowing push notifications from malicious (ad) push servers. Scammers use push notifications to bypass protection against pop ups in the internet browser and display unwanted adverts. These advertisements are used to promote malicious browser extensions, free gifts scams,
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Handle Chrome Extension Virus (removal guide)
What is Handle Extension Virus? Handle is a malicious browser extension that disguises itself as a system extension for Google Chrome, but according to security experts, this extension acts as adware. Adware is a type of Malware that collects your sensitive information and serves you unwanted ads. Adware is designed to generate revenue for its
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How to uninstall ActiveLink app/extension from Mac (Virus removal guide)
What is ActiveLink According to security experts, ActiveLink is an adware application that targets Mac computers. Adware also known as ‘ad software’ is a form of malicious software designed to display unwanted ads in form of pop ups, discount offers, banners or even fake alerts on the web-browser. Authors and distributors of adware can monetize
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Dark-reader.com POP-UP SCAM (Virus removal guide)
What is Dark-reader.com? Dark-reader.com is a scam designed to trick unsuspecting victims into installing unnecessary, unreliable or even malicious software. The scam works by impersonating the messages of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, so users believe they are installing ‘official’ updates. It is important to emphasize that Dark-reader.com is in no way associated with Google,
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V.inroom.es pop-up redirect (Virus removal guide)
What is V.inroom.es? V.inroom.es domain is part of a redirect chain. Redirect chain is a sequence of URLs starting from the first – initial URL, ending with the last – final destination URL. For example, time-delta.xyz redirects to V.inroom.es, which in turn redirects to wordladboo.link and so on. Attackers may use long redirect chains to
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Ten Browser adware (Virus removal guide)
What is TenBrowser? TenBrowser is a potentially unwanted program that installs Chromium build browser to replace the user’s own browser. The goal of this PUP is to increase the amount of advertisement impressions shown to the user. PUPs that displays intrusive ads or injects its own advertising content called adware. Adware is a form of
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Time-delta.xyz Virus Removal Guide
What is Time-delta.xyz? Time-delta.xyz pop-ups are a social engineering attack which abuses notification permission requests to trick people into allowing browser push notifications. Scammers abuse ‘browser notification feature’ to avoid anti-virus and ad blocking applications by showing unwanted advertisements. These advertisements are displayed in the lower right corner of the screen urges users to play
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