Sunbeltblog reported (1, 2) about two fresh fake codes sites. Strcodec MP Video Codec Add both sites in to your blocklist. Use follow info: 69.50.160.58 Mpcodec.com 85.255.118.194 strcodec.com Related articles: How to remove malicious codecs.
Spywareguide reported about site enticing an end-user to install something they think they need, only to pull the rug out from under them and reveal that (in actual fact), is was this program over here that they needed all along! The site is a typical free movies / webcam website. This site displays numerous videos
Adware comes in all forms, and this time, it’s under the false pretense of being Webroot’s Spysweeper 5. To be specific, there is a torrent for SpySweeper 5 that comes with a “keygen” to bypass registration, but when executed it is actually adware —a 180solutions installer. It immediately connects to the net and then installs
PandaLabs has discovered that Browsezilla, a free web browser available on several web pages, infects computers with the adware PicsPlace, without users’ knowledge. This adware, which activates whenever a user starts up the infected PC, opens a series of adult web pages, although they are not visible to the user. This tactic is aimed at
Need2Find is an adware promoted by Ask Jeeves. Ask Jeeves distributes a variety of programs that offer users some trinket of apparent value (e.g. smileys for email programs) while also adding an extra toolbar to users’ web browsers. Ask Jeeves promotes these programs in ways that do not entail meaningful user consent.
Some time ago we`ve reported about the adware: YapBrowser, potentially dangerous application that pre-installs 180Solutions Zango and does nothing but apparently redirect you to a porn site. Read more: YapBrowser and Yapsearch(dot)com now yapbrowser site back online. The website claims: YapBrowser is a browser which will make searching for any information online much simpler. Download
