Malware Categories: Adware

Is Stock Alerts bothering you with various advertisements while browsing the Internet? Well, that means your computer is infected with this malicious application classified as an adware. It’s not very dangerous, but potentially unwanted, thus it would be wise to eliminate it from your system. There are two most common methods to remove adware like … Continued

Stoomoogn.com is an advertising website. It hijacks people’s notification settings so that it can display pop-up ads on their screens. Some of those pop-up ads are relatively normal, others lead to get-rich-quick schemes and malware. Luckily, you can block Stoomoogn.com’s ads in your browser settings. Stoomoogn.com in short: Classification Browser hijacker, adware. How notifications can be … Continued

Stopnotifyfriends.info pop-ups distract people all over the world. The website displays many intrusive ads and sponsored links through web push notifications. Depending on the region, stopnotifyfriends.info may use various deceptive statements given in local languages that force users to click on the “Allow” button. This is the alert stopnotifyfriends.info reports in France and possibly some … Continued

Storimbo is an adware program that is installed to random computers together with free video players, download managers, PDF creators and other freeware from the Internet. Some users noticed it bundled with Superfish, Yontoo, 1ClickDownload and FBPhotoZoom.The program was designed to advertise various commercial websites. It displays popup messages that contain discounts, coupons, etc. mainly when … Continued

Storm Alert is yet another malicious application listed as an adware. Once installed it will display various advertisements on all of your web browsers. Those advertisements are not only annoying, but malicious as well. Due to this application you can face some sever cyber security problems, therefore it needs to be eliminated as soon as possible. … Continued

StreamAll is a browser hijacker for the Chrome browser and Install.stream-all.com is the website where it’s downloaded from. The extension is presented as a helpful addition to the browsers of fans of movie and television news. However, StreamAll is actually a very basic example of a mildly malicious extension: a browser hijacker and adware. While … Continued

StreaminSearchs is a malicious browser hijacker that forces people to use Streaminsearchs.com to search the web. It makes Yahoo deliver search results and it shows unexpected pop-ups. StreaminSearchs is also disrespectful of its users’ privacy, collecting their search logs and hardware data. StreaminSearchs can be removed by uninstalling the extension and, if needed, changing your browser settings. … Continued

Streamnotify.net is an advertising website that infects browser settings to make them display pop-up ads. It’s just a website, but having it in your browser can feel like having a serious adware infection. Luckily, Streamnotify.net is simple enough to get rid of by fixing your web push notification settings in your browser. Streamnotify.net in short: … Continued

Streamonsport.info is a sports streaming site that is full of unsafe ads and redirects. The ads that it shows are very obnoxious, and worse, they open dangerous websites that seek to trick and scam visitors. For those who visit Streamonsport.info, it’s advisable to block ads and malicious sites, as well as to be very protective … Continued

Strong Vault is a malicious program that can be installed to computers bundled with various free downloads, like VLC player, other players, PDF creators and similar applications. Often users do not understand how this program got into their systems and for this reason considered it to be a virus. In fact Strong Vault is categorized … Continued

Studientede.club is a Pop-up message that unexpectedly appears below the URL box in your browser asking to get a permission to show more notifications. This kind of threat, which is not fully a virus itself, aims to trick the user clicking ‘Agree’ to see the ‘innocent’ messages so that Studientede.club developers could actually initiate downloading … Continued

If your browser permanently produces the series of intrusive pop-ups from the studynerdz.com website this is the evidence of your system to be infected by adware or PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program). According to the feedback from many people, studynerdz.com pop-ups now attack many browsers in various parts of the world. The alerts are quite intrusive, … Continued

Substand.pro is a website that causes repeated pop-up windows in many browsers into which it got injected. According to the analysis performed by several cybersecurity companies, substand.pro attacks Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers primarily. What substand.pro does is referred to as browser hijacking through forcing people into enabling its web push notifications. Several advertising … Continued

SunriseBrowse is a browser add-on that should help you to search the web and compare prices. That means when you browse the Internet, various deals, coupons and commercial offers will pop-up randomly (especially on e-commerce websites, such as Amazon or eBay). Sounds a little bit irritating, right? However, developers of this adware promise that it … Continued

SuperAdRemove is mentioned as a malicious application by various cyber security experts. Recent researches revealed that SuperAdRemove should be listed as and adware, because once installed on computer it is likely to display various advertisements on users web browsers in order to generate revenue this way. If you have recently discovered that your computer is infected with this … Continued

SuperClick is yet another malicious application that you should not keep installed on your computer. It is officially listed as an adware so if you keep it installed on your computer, it will display tons of advertisements. It’s not very difficult to indicate whether your computer is infected with it or not because usually advertisements displayed … Continued

Supergamestorrents.com is a torrenting site. It makes PC games available to be pirated. It also shows a lot of pop-up ads that lead to unsafe websites. It’s best to avoid sites like Supergamestorrents.com because the files they share and the ads they show can infect computers with malware. If you can’t avoid them, there are ways … Continued

Superinterestinginfo.info is a malicious website that spreads ads and potentially dangerous links by using web push notifications. Superinterestinginfo.info’s pop-ups appear as little boxes in the lower right of your screen. They crowd the screen and appear regardless of what site you’re on. You probably didn’t intentionally subscribe to Superinterestinginfo.info, but it has ways of tricking … Continued

SuperLyrics should not be installed on your computer if you don’t want to face some severe cyber security damage. Even though it looks like valid and useful application, it is not true. In case you have recently discovered that your computer is infected with this malware, wait no more and eliminate it right now. If you … Continued

Ads online are an annoying and unfortunate reality that most people accept, but some install browser modules designed to stop ads from displaying to the user. Ironically, the one called Supreme Adblocker is actually malware that shows very intrusive and aggressive advertisements. It’s a browser extension or a family of browser extensions. The developers of this … Continued

Supreme Savings is an adware that displays ads on the websites like Amazon, eBay and similar shopping sites while you are browsing there. The program can get into Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome browsers. Typically, it comes bundled with some other software that you get from the Internet for free. Supreme Savings ads … Continued

The Surf Shield is described as powerful and useful application, but actually it is not as useful as described. By the description, it should protect your privacy by protecting your data from other parties when surfing the Internet. Here’s their official description: Whenever you surf the web you create dozens of records. Every picture you … Continued

Surftastic is an adware program that displays tons of ads on infected systems trying to advertise various websites. It can affect your Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome when you are downloading free programs from the Internet. Surftastic can come bundled with free music players, video recorders, PDF creators and a bunch of other … Continued

Surveyonline.top pop-up ads are generated by the adware on your computer. Each pop-up may subsequently redirect you to numerous third-party websites and displays content that was not initially requested by you. For example, surveyonline.top pop-ups may lead you to online dating services, bring you to landing pages of potentially unwanted applications or sites offering fake … Continued

SweetCoupon is yet another malicious application listed as an adware and a PUP (potentially unwanted program) due to its’ malicious activities. Even though it is described as a useful application (“Online shopping just gets even better when paired with the SweetCoupon browser add-on. Get all the best deals available online and save your budgets. “), … Continued

Swytshop is not very dangerous itself as long as you don’t click on any of those advertisements displayed by this application. However, it can be a difficult thing to do because usually those ads cover almost all space on your screen, so this could happen simply accidentally. That’s why you should get rid of Swytshop as soon as … Continued

“System Warning” popup is a fake security notification that can show up on your computer out of nowhere and interfere with your work. It often claims to be from Microsoft, but the truth is, it is displayed by some potentially unwanted program that may lead to serious issues. Computer users should pay more attention to … Continued

If you are constantly being redirected to lightningnewtab.com or tab.lightningnewtab.com while surfing on the Internet, beware that this website is related to adware activity. Usually, it displays various sponsored advertisements and tries to take you to commercial websites. If your Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome have been affected by Tab.lightningnewtab.com popup, make sure … Continued

If Tableshop.xyz is showing you pop-up ads, know that you can stop them simply by changing your browser’s notification settings – the instructions can be found below. Tableshop.xyz is a website that spams ads via web push notifications. It works on all browsers that support notifications and that allow their prompts. It affects mobile devices … Continued

Taboola Ads is an advertising service. Taboola Ads are native ads – ads that look like article headlines, search results, etc. – and they can be found on many popular websites. Though Taboola Ads has been often accused of showing lots of junk content and fake news, it usually delivers safe, if unhelpful, ads. Sometimes, … Continued

Tabs To Windows adware virus is created by the same shady developers that introduced Clean My Chrome and Always Weather parasites. All of these products are considered as malware, aiming to harm operating systems by displaying malicious advertisements and pursuing other objectionable activities. The official function of the newly-discovered extension is to split Chrome tabs … Continued

Tabs2Grid virus is an malware infection that occurs when an unwanted Google Chrome extension gets installed. The purpose of Tabs2Grid is to help users organize their tabs in handy layouts. This function is emphasized as extremely convenient when it comes to managing multiple browser windows. Even though latter add-on has only been included into Chrome … Continued

TakeOrLeave might look as useful application at first sight but it’s just another malware that you should not keep installed on your computer if you don’t want to face some severe cyber security damage. It’s officially listed as an adware so once installed TakeOrLeave will display various advertisements on all of your web browsers. It’s not very difficult … Continued

TakeShop is yet another malicious application that is listed as an adware and you would not like to see it installed on your computer. Once installed, it will display various advertisements on all of your web browsers. Those ads are not only annoying, but malicious as well. Because this application gets installed on users computers without … Continued

Targetop is definitely one application that you should not keep installed on your computer. It is officially listed as an adware, so once inside it will display various advertisements on all of your web browsers. Those ads are not only annoying, but malicious as well, therefore we recommend to remove this infection as soon as possible. … Continued

TechLetterSearch is malware targeted at Macs. It slows down the internet, crashes applications, changes web search settings, injects ads to your browser, and refuses to stay uninstalled. TechLetterSearch gets installed by fake software updates and roots itself in, becoming impossible to remove normally. To remove TechLetterSearch, you need to delete the files that it created. … Continued

It’s not very difficult to indicate whether your computer is infected with Techsnab because ads displayed by it are labeled with a slogan “Ads by Techsnab” or “Brought to you by Techsnab”. So if you have noticed this occurrence on any of your web browser, your computer is definitely infected and you should take care of that. … Continued

Terjuscalbuttont.info pop-up window appears in your browser without your intention to visit this website. The alert then indicates that this window can be closed by clicking “Allow”. It is definitely a good question – why should you click on anything suggested in the terjuscalbuttont.info pop-up to close this window if you did not want to … Continued

Tert1ary.com pop-up is a new browser notification malware which aims to get the permission to post third-party links directly to the victim generating revenue from affiliate programs, at the same time putting gullible users’ safety into danger. This threat, however, can only execute its malicious deeds if the person clicks ‘Allow to Show Notifications’ button. … Continued

Imagine: alarming lights, sirens going off. Similar feelings are evoked when people are forced to encounter fake security alerts. For a one short moment, every hair on the victim’s body stands up. Terxer.com, a sneaky advertising-supported software from the division of potentially unwanted programs (PUPs), causes illusory popups. Scheming hackers have constructed this technical scam … Continued

Testpid ads are advertisements that might appear on the webpages that you visit but that don’t belong there. These ads aren’t displayed by webpages but are injected into them by a malicious program that might be lurking on your device. It might be a program, app, or a browser extension. It might be difficult to … Continued

TheaterMax pretends to be a useful application that allows users to get a better online video experience. However, this is not true. It’s listed as adware because it displays various advertisements on users’ web browsers. If you have noticed advertisements labeled with “Ads by TheaterMax” or “Brought to you by TheaterMax” slogan on any of your web browsers, … Continued