Holtgamez.com Ads - How to remove

Holtgamez.com is a media subscription site. It’s best to stay away from it. Holtgamez.com uses deceptive ads to mislead people into subscribing to it – and it is quite expensive at 57,95 euros per month.

Advertisements for Holtgamez.com show fake file download screens and video players. They imply that, whatever file you were looking for, Holtgamez.com has it. This is misleading, it wastes people’s time and costs them money.

About Holtgamez.com:

Threat type	Adware, scam.
How Holtgamez.com is advertised online	Pop-up ads that look like file download links and video players.
Problems and issues	Holtgamez.com costs a lot, but it leads users to think that it’s free, ads for the site imply that you’ll get access to the file that you were looking for, but there’s no such guarantee.
How to avoid being scammed by Holtgamez.com	Don’t reveal your credit card information to unfamiliar sites, block malicious ads, block malware with security programs (Spyhunter for PC, Spyhunter for Mac, Combo Cleaner for Mac, others).

What are the problems with Holtgamez.com?

Holtgamez.com is advertised in a misleading way

Holtgamez.com is a media subscription site. It is operated by Krateworth Media LTD – the same company that made Bonxmedia.com, Musikzoo.com, Bookpall.com, and other sites.

Holtgamez.com offers video games. This is strange, as it is advertised as offering films and other media.

I first came across Holtgamez.com when I got a pop-up ad with a fake video player. This ad, which was shown by Pesoaniz.com, said that, in order to watch a movie, I had to activate my free account.

Such ads do appear often on movie and sports streaming sites. They blend in so that they don’t even look like ads. It’s like a malicious version of native advertising.

People are misled about the cost of the subscription

Clicking the “Continue to watch for FREE” button opens Holtgamez.com with its own fake video player. This page offers unlimited downloads and/or HD streaming if you create a free account by signing up with your name, address, and payment information.

Although Holtgamez.com implies that it is free, it’s not. The trial period, which is 5 days, costs 1,03 euros. After that, Holtgamez.com initiates premium membership, which costs 57,95 euros each month. So no, it is not free in any way.

To avoid being charged, you must cancel your subscription in the 5 day trial period. But this is made a little difficult. It appears to me that, to cancel your membership, you must call a phone number specified in Holtgamez.com’s Terms of Service – 1-888-294-9926 (USA, Canada), 1-925-298-9695 (other countries).

When signing up, Holtgamez.com presents itself as being free:

• it insists that your billing info is only required to verify your address,
• that upgrading to premium membership is something done by the user explicitly,
• that credit card will not be charged for validating your account.

So, it’s not strange that people would not expect to have to pay for this service.

When signing up for Holtgamez.com, there’s also an “offer” included for Fitplacez.com. This is another paid trial that leads into premium membership – one that costs as much as Holtgamez.com.

How to avoid Holtgamez.com and similar scams

Holtgamez.com is advertised by Putlocker-like video streaming sites, promoted by Download-pdfs.com (a fake file download site). You might be able to avoid such ads by protecting yourself with an ad blocker. Ad blockers can help keep you safe while you visit iffy and controversial sites that are full of dangerous advertisements.

Another important thing to remember is to not reveal your payment information to unknown websites. Your credit card info is very important – it should only be revealed to trusted sites.

So, if you find yourself on Holtgamez.com or a similar site typing in your credit card info so that you can watch a movie or download a book for free, stop for a moment. Back out, close the page. Do not sign up for Holtgamez.com. As long as you don’t reveal any information to Holtgamez.com, you’re safe.

But if you did sign up for the site, then you need to do something as soon as possible:

• cancel your membership,
• contact your bank to ask for advice.

If you saw other suspicious advertisements besides Holtgamez.com, if you downloaded anything from them, then it might be good to scan your device with an antivirus program, such as Spyhunter for Windows, Spyhunter for Mac, Combo Cleaner for macOS, and others. They can warn you about potentially unwanted and malicious programs and help you avoid malware.

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