Shmokiads virus - How to remove

Shmokiads is an advertising network which is considered to be legitimate, yet it shares some traits that can cause unwanted features while browsing the internet. You can take a look at their official website at www.shmokiads.com. The company is offering to make money by creating a web traffic. So to put this simple – Shmokiads are paying for the publishers to drive web traffic, while on the other side they are promoting some products or services. This is absolutely ok, yet your web browsing experience might significantly decrease if you happen to visit a website which is affiliated to this advertising network. Why is so? Well, first of all, they are advertising very aggressively – random redirects and annoying pop-up ads are used to get those visitors. Secondly, this advertising network accepts everyone and that means various cyber criminals and unreliable websites can use this tool to get some traffic. That means, if you het redirected by Shmokiads, the very first thing you should do is to abandon that website immediately.

Usually browser hijackers or adware infections gets installed on your computer and/or web browsers, but things are different in this case. However, it might be much easier to solve the problem, if you could simply remove it and move on. Now you have to stay alert all the time in order you come around the website that is promoting Shmokiads virus and avoid it. There is no way to automate this process, so the best practise is to be informed and make sure that your computer has a decent real-time anti-malware protection.

Usually advertising networks like this are used by cyber criminals to promote malicious tools and software that can’t be promoted elsewhere, on the legitimate advertising networks. That means you have to protect your computer against malware, because there are hundreds of advertising networks like this online. In our sole opinion, the ultimate tool to do that is Spyhunter. This program has both free and paid versions, can protect your computer in real time, has a huge database of viruses (so it can detect around 99% of them) and can provide you with tech support 24/7.
Another great and free method to protect your computer while browsing the Internet is to use a browser extension that blocks advertisements. Regardless the Internet browser you are currently using, you will surely find one. Probably the most notorious one is AdBlock. It is free, lightweight and works perfectly. Just activate it on your web browser and you won’t see any ads featured on websites. You can turn it off at any time and make exceptions for the websites that you prefer to see advertisements on. There are tons of alternatives to AdBlock, such as uBlock, so feel free to choose the tool that fits your needs the best.

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