What is Ad Block Ultra Ad Block Ultra is supposed to be a browser extension that will improve the browsing experience (block ads on YouTube, Facebook, news sites), but according to security specialists, this extension acts as adware. Adware is considered by many to be synonymous with ‘malware’. Adware’s basic purpose is to display ads.
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How to remove Infos-et-potins.com pop-ups (Virus removal guide)
What is Infos-et-potins.com? Infos-et-potins.com is a website which deceives computer users into allowing browser push notifications. Although push notifications cannot harm users directly, scammers use them to display intrusive advertisements, promote fake downloads, and encourage users to visit unsafe websites. Infos-et-potins.com is a deceptive site that delivers a message stating that you should click ‘Allow’
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How to remove Captchamode.top pop-ups (Virus removal guide)
What is Captchamode.top? Captchamode.top pop-ups are a scam that uses the browser notification feature to trick you into accepting push notifications via the browser. Although push notifications cannot harm you directly, scammers use them to display unwanted ads, promote adware bundles, and encourage you to visit malicious sites and scam pages. Captchamode.top site displays a
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How to uninstall Protected-Browsing from Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge
What is Protected-Browsing? According to IT security researchers, Protected-Browsing is a PUP (potentially unwanted program) from the family of Browser hijackers. Typically, browser hijackers make changes to the default homepage and search engine of user web-browsers, making it difficult to change them back. Browser hijackers can also include unwanted pop ups and advertisements to show
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Save-window.com pop-up scam (Virus removal guide)
What is Save-window.com? Save-window.com is one of the sites promoting the You’ve visited illegal infected website scam. The scam masquerades as a McAfee system scan, displays fake scan results and virus alerts claiming that a computer is infected with malware. Scammers use fake virus alerts to trick users into downloading or purchasing software they don’t
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How to uninstall BrowserDisplay app/extension from Mac (Virus removal guide)
What is BrowserDisplay BrowserDisplay is an adware application that targets Mac platform. Adware’s basic purpose is to display unwanted ads. These advertisements are often displayed as sponsored links, unclosable windows, push notifications and even fake virus alerts. Clicks on the advertisements produce a monetary payoff for the adware authors. Adware can work like Spyware, since
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How to remove Zoutubephaid.com pop-ups (Virus removal guide)
What is Zoutubephaid.com? Zoutubephaid.com web-site is a scam that attempts to trick users into allowing browser push notifications. Push notifications are originally designed to alert users of recently published news. Cyber criminals abuse ‘browser notification feature’ to avoid antivirus software and ad-blocker apps by showing annoying advertisements. These advertisements are displayed in the lower right
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You have an outstanding payment. EMAIL SCAM
What is You have an outstanding payment EMAIL? You have an outstanding payment is a ‘sextortion’ scam that relies on psychological manipulation tactics. The scammers claim that they obtained material compromising victims’ reputations. It should be emphasized that any statements, claims and threats contained in the ‘sextortion’ scams are false and should be ignored. Criminals
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Tinyurl2.ru Whatsapp Scam (Virus removal guide)
What is Tinyurl2.ru Whatsapp Scam? Tinyurl2.ru Whatsapp Scam is a phishing scam that uses a text message to try to fool people into completing various surveys which in turn generate money for scammers. Scammers send a link to WhatsApp users, claiming that the users can win a reward by filling a simple survey. The scam
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How to remove Talktomeplease.biz pop-ups (Virus removal guide)
What is Talktomeplease.biz? Talktomeplease.biz pop-ups are a scam which uses the browser notification feature to fool you and other unsuspecting victims into subscribing to push notifications from malicious (ad) push servers. Scammers use push notifications to bypass protection against pop-ups in the browser and show lots of unwanted advertisements. These ads are used to promote
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