Treasure Track is a malware that throws dust in people’s eyes being described as a browser extension that improves the impression of Internet surfing. But despite all assurances Treasure track only fakes advertisements to bring more people on affiliate websites.
Luckysearches.com is a browser hijacker that installs itself as a homepage to provide advertisements and links to push on its affiliate sources. After the successful integration to Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, or Mozilla Firefox, the hijacker sets itself as a main page and search engine with no opportunity for user to change the settings back.
Web Bar is a malware that simulates a toolbar that is added to the top of your desktop. The toolbar is not only bulky, it also stays on the top of any window you open. The toolbar consists of a search bar allowing to perform search in Bing, and several quick-access buttons.
Best Price Ninja application is presented by its creators as a handy helper in online shopping, it promises to search the net for best deals and deliver a user with coupons and discount offers. So, by this disguise BestPriceNinja adware slithers into the victims’ systems.
Offers4U tries to leave an impression of an application that every user involved into online shopping should have. According to the information from its official site, it exists to make people’s life easier by providing information about most valuable to users deals and different sales and discounts.
An adware, such as Outrageous Deal, can completely injure the impression of any web page, as it generates banners and pop-ups in amounts that can cover the page content. Along with it, the malware can cause redirections to dubious sources and gather the information on your browsing preferences, which makes your system vulnerable to additional threats.
OpenCandy ads may overflow your browser and you wouldn’t even know why it is happening, as there were no backgrounds for this. Some may find the commercials handy, as they transmit information from popular shopping sites offering best deals. Nevertheless, it is nothing but a disguise that aims to rope people in affiliate sources that often have nothing to do with online trading.
Cerber ransomware virus was introduced not so long ago, but it already managed to create a lot of trouble to its victims. What is remarkable, the ransomware disregards the systems located in one of the following countries: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Russia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine. If the ransomware ends on a computer with one of these locations, it eliminates itself, otherwise Cerber adds its process on the startup list, so it would remind a user of the threat presence with every reboot.
Search.sidecubes.com is a misleading page disguided and operating as a search engine that replaces your homepage. The minimalistic design of the page gives an impression of a sustainable search engine, that is worth trying instead of Google, Bing,Yahoo, etc. However, that could turn against a user, because the page in fact is a part of a browser hijacker, that will affect your browsing activities in order to promote third-party sites.
ArcadeTwist is a service that offers to play over 300 flash games. Unluckily, these games tend to be a distraction for the shady activities of the gaming platform, which include sites promotion, illegal collecting information on users’ preferences, etc. Besides, ArcadeTwist application is responsible for displaying in-browser ads, so many security experts designate is as a potentially unwanted application and an adware.
