Malware Categories: Adware

Open Plugins is an extension for Google Chrome browser and it is created by the same company that generated Cookies On/Off extension. While creators put efforts in concealing their identity, there are techniques to find out more about the party that generated these poorly-evaluated applications. Both of the programs are related with a 109.236.89.207 IP … Continued

Openadserving.com is an advertising platform that is responsible for displaying numerous ads in computer while users are browsing the Internet. The program can affect these major browsers – Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. If you have noticed any popups that say they are brought by Openadserving.com, it means your system has been infected. … Continued

OpenCandy is an advertising network that’s responsible for putting offers in the installers of free programs. If your antivirus detected OpenCandy, then you may have downloaded a program that will try to install a few unwanted programs on your computer. OpenCandy is not very dangerous, but it’s better to avoid installers that use it. Antivirus scanners … Continued

If you are a movies fanatic and enjoy streaming videos online, you probably are familiar with a Kodi player and its hosting service called Openload. Openload provides users with tons of free movies which can be seen if this entertainment provider is paired with Kodi. As you may know, the pairing was introduced not a long … Continued

Opetiv.com is a misleading pop-up that requires some actions to be made by you. As soon as you start fulfilling its malicious guidelines your browser will be immediately hijacked and you will receive the great quantity of low-quality ads regularly redirecting you to shady websites. Problems with opetiv.com occur primarily with Google Chrome and Mozilla … Continued

Opinion Mart Survey is a browser extension that sneaks into computers without users knowledge. It appears on computer as a pop-up message asking to take a brief survey. You may think it’s just an ordinary survey that you may be asked to take from time to time. However, Opinion Mart Survey is categorized as a … Continued

Search.opinteks.com virus is a browser hijacker that can affect most of the browsers and force you to use its search engine as your mane search provider. The applications is distributed bundled to various free programs and it doesn’t require users’ confirmation to be added. If you have noticed Search.opinteks.com set as your homepage, be ready … Continued

OptimumSearch is an adware infection that sets Optimum.icu as your default search engine in your web browser. When OptimumSearch changes your browser settings, gaining access to your search settings and your browsing history. Plus, Optimum.icu hosts some malicious files on it that could cause an adware infection. And removing these infections can be tricky. Details … Continued

Options.xyz is a search engine. However, is missing a lot of important features that would make anyone want to use it. In addition, it shows a lot of promoted content, both ads and sponsored search results, and tracks user data. Despite all that, Options.xyz still gets some traffic, likely from ads on other, similar search engines. … Continued

OptOn is a browser extension that claims to provide every possible deal from your favorite online shopping sites. Although you can download this program from its official website it usually comes bundled with other software and users are not aware of its infiltration until it starts displaying annoying ads as well as interrupt their work … Continued

While you’re browsing the web, you might run into pop-ups that ask you to provide your phone number to watch a video or download a file. Ouisys.com is one of the sites that show such pages. Ouisys.com’s pop-ups are ads that, if you follow their instructions, sign you up for paid subscriptions. You might not even … Continued

Outbrain.com online advertiser is a private company, founded in 2006. It uses behavioral targeting to show personalized content like photos, videos, articles and other promotional material. In many ways, the platform is similar to Taboola. It is very difficult for such advertising platforms to keep their content relevant and spam-free. Outbrain.com service has frequently received … Continued

“Outdated Browser Detected” popup is a message that can be displayed on Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome if you have accidentally downloaded some adware to your system. It is a fake message that informs about some crucial update for your browser and recommends downloading it as soon as possible. The popup uses updated-browser.net … Continued

Outdated Java Plugin Detected popup is a fake message warning that you are currently using a Java Plugin which may be outdated. It is a social engineering technique used to distribute various browser extensions, toolbars, adware and other potentially unwanted programs. The message can be displayed on Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome while … Continued

Outobox is an adware program that was designed to advertise several commercial websites. It displays popup messages that contain various discounts, coupons and offers tempting to shop cheaper. The program can be installed to Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browsers. You will easily recognize these popups as every one of them indicates that … Continued

Outrageous Deal might look as useful application at first sight, but it’s just another malware that you should not keep installed on your computer. It is officially listed as an adware, so once inside it will flood your web browsers with various advertisements in all kinds of forms. Those ads are not only annoying, but malicious … Continued

PaceItApp is yet another malicious application that can cause damage to your computer. It travels in malicious ways and gets installed without you even being aware of that, so you can only notice it only when it’s already inside of your computer. However, that’s not a difficult thing to do, because usually advertisements displayed by PaceItApp are labeled … Continued

PackTrackPlus is a browser extension that serves as adware. If you are seeing ads, banners, pop-ups by PackTrackPlus, your browser has an adware extension installed. PackTrackPlus is targeted at people from the United States. “PackTrackPlus — Track your packages online” Tracking for all your package shipments in one convenient place. Get real-time tracking information for … Continued

Page update is an unwanted add-on for Mozilla Firefox. It is quite unlikely that people will make their personal decision to install it. In fact, it was very uneasy for us to download the add-on solely for the purpose of analyzing its impact on the Mozilla Firefox browser. However, we found out that the Page … Continued

Palmodeal can look like useful and free tool at first sight, but it’s not true. First of all, it will display various advertisements to all of your web browsers. Secondly, it will collect your personal information. And that’s not even all unwanted attribute of this malware. Palmodeal is officially listed as an adware, so if you don’t … Continued

Panel To Shop is a browser extension that injects ads into Google, Bing, and Yahoo search results. Besides showing ads above search results, it also logs your search queries and periodically directs searches to Bing regardless of your default search engine. While it’s possible to install Panel To Shop manually, it likely appeared on your computer … Continued

Paymentnotifyfriends.info is a malicious website used by many advertising networks for the purpose of displaying intrusive sponsored content in the form of push notifications. The website tries to force you into clicking on its integrated “Allow” button. Users may be deceived with tricky alerts claiming that clicking on “Allow” is necessary for watching the video, … Continued

PC Speed Test popup is a bogus message that can be displayed on your computer when you browse the Internet, regardless what website you are visiting. It’s a social engineering technique used to install various unwanted programs to random computers. PC Speed Test popup is supposedly showing current speed of your computer as well as … Continued

Pcgamestorrents.com is a pirating site that people use to get free games. It shows ads that are impossible to avoid (that is, if you’re not blocking them). The ads it shows sometimes lead to dangerous websites. And there’s always the risk of a few of the games on Pcgamestorrents.com being infected (likely, the most popular … Continued

PDF Mac Master is a PDF reader, but it’s better to stay away from it: it is potentially unsafe to use. PDF Mac Master may be downloaded unintentionally, it may install unwanted apps, and it is difficult to remove once it’s installed. Unsurprisingly, PDF Mac Master gets detected by anti-malware scanners as Adware and as … Continued

Install.pdf-maker.com redirect virus is an annoying consequence that you will have to deal with when browsing the net if your system is infected with the malicious extension (PDF maker) or you have another advertising malware trying to gain control over more functions of your browser. This threat may not be the most malicious thing in the … Continued

PDFSearchly is a malicious browser extension – it hijacks searches, opens unwanted websites and ads, and logs user data. If you discover PDFSearchly in your browser, it’s recommended to remove it and to make sure that no other add-ons are messing with your settings. About PDFSearchly in short: Classification Adware, browser hijacker. Removing PDFSearchly Uninstall suspicious … Continued

Touch.peak-serving.com redirect virus is bothering you due to an infection with an adware parasite or because you visit websites that sponsor this domain. It is extremely popular in Poland, just like many other redirects like Pomnd.pro. In fact, many of the destination links of redirection will lead to Polish-based services like Modzik.com. Touch.peak-serving.com virus will … Continued

Recently, more and more people started to look for answers about a really annoying and mysterious URL called Sax.peakonspot.com, which, as they claim, appear in the address bar randomly when they are browsing the World Wide Web and redirects them to questionable web pages, that offer to download mischievous unwanted programs (and sometimes even malware), … Continued

Peegh1o.com is a redirect pop-up attacking all popular browsers today – Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Opera. The redirection was also reported to be the problem for Safari in Mac OS X. The website is considered as extremely malicious, whereas this identification is proven by many anti-virus programs and on VirusTotal. Peegh1o.com redirections … Continued

PepperZip is an program that is supposed to help users unpack and compress archive files. However, it was noticed that it downlaods a Trojan which can harm your computer system. What is more, the program uses unfair methods to infiltrate into computer, and that is another reason to classify it as a potentially unwanted program. … Continued

Permanyabbot.club is a malicious website that pops up on the targeted victim’s screen and asks for the permission to show alerts. Although web push notifications is a common marketing feature most online sites use to increase the traffic and popularity, update the readers with news and special offers, Permanyabbot.club pop-up totally abuses the given authorization and aims … Continued

Personal-video.live causes redirects to malicious and potentially dangerous sites and pop-up ads to spam your web browser. It affects personal computers and smartphones by abusing web browser notifications. The ads that Personal-video.live shows are low-quality, deceptive, and even dangerous. The solution is to block notifications from all untrustworthy sites, which is relatively easy to do … Continued

Pertonthati.info is an unexpected pop-up that people may notice, without visiting the website directly. It is a common practice when people decide what sites to visit and what to stay away from. But things are different with pertonthati.info. It seems that this particular domain wants to appear regularly on the screen with its intrusive alerts. … Continued

PicRec is quite an interesting application. It offers users the ability to search things from images. It works very simply – for example, if you see some picture of a vehicle and you can’t recognise what kind of car it is but you would like to know it, PicRec should scan it and deliver you … Continued

PineApple AdBlocker is an adware application that should not be kept installed on a computer. It’s really annoying and even malicious. If your computer is infected, you should immediately remove it either manually or automatically. If you are not an experienced computer user, we recommend to do it automatically. Download a trustworthy anti-malware, such as … Continued

Pinterest.aot.im is an advertising platform that is used to displays annoying pop-up messages on various web browsers, including but not limited to Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Safari. The program was designed just for one reason – to make money by generating web traffic and displaying advertisements with sponsored links. For … Continued

Xml.plaimedia.com pop-up has been reported to appear on eBay website. The latter domain is a very popular online-shopping center which often includes a variety of third-party advertisements. However, users have clearly indicated that the Plaimedia.com redirect is not a pleasant experience. This pop-up might be caused by an adware parasite, currently affecting your computer device … Continued

PlayTopus is a web games website offering thousands of flash games. And it offers a browser toolbar to access the premium games section. This browser add-on may be the reason why your browsing is disturbed by various annoying ads. If your computer is infected with this annoying adware, you will see a lot of ads … Continued