Malware Categories: Adware

Visual Discovery malware was first noticed in 2015 and many people were displeased with this software. It was discovered that Lenovo sold computers with a SuperFish Visual Discovery adware parasite. It’s primarily focus was to serve online advertisements, and clients of Lenovo expressed criticism for the company’s behavior. Users and security researchers were shocked that … Continued

Visual IM virus is and adware that claims to improve your chatting on Facebook experience. However, it turns to be a very annoying application. The program displays advertisements and banners on your Facebook chat windows with various offers, for example, to buy some clothes, order food and so on. The program has been designed to … Continued

VitalBrowserHelper is trying to create an image of reliable and useful tool, but it’s not true. This application is malicious – it is listed as an adware, so once inside it will flood your web browsers with annoying advertisements. If you have recently discovered that your computer is infected with this virus, but you don’t know … Continued

VOPackage is classified as an adware and a PUP (potentially unwanted program) due to several malicious activities that it performs. It travels bundled with other free programs and if your computer is infected with VOPackage, probably VuuPC is also installed on your computer because they both was developed by the same publisher and most of … Continued

VPN Apps is not as useful application as you might thought. Recent researches revealed that it should be listed as an adware, so if your computer is infected with it, you will experience various advertisements on all of your web browsers. Those ads can be displayed in all kinds of forms and very random timing, therefore … Continued

Vvallor.club is a site that can be used to promote unwanted software. Seeing this site and being directed to it can indicate that your computer is infected with some adware, but vvallor.club itself is not a dangerous site, nor is it inherently malicious. vvallor.club is simply a tool that can very easily be abused to … Continued

Vxo.world is a new website related to Searchgg Custom Search. It is similar to wajm.icu, zzz3.club, and nxt01.club. It claims to be able to provide you with valuable search information by giving you the search results that are more relevant compared to other search engines. These are absolutely deceitful promises that are given without any … Continued

Wajam adware virus is a rather creepy browser extension that incorporates your friends’ posts into the search queries you receive via preferred browsers. The infection is the most active in Spain, Brazil, United States of America, India and Australia, which means that people from multiple continents should be able to recognize this inconvenience. If you … Continued

WalletBee is yet another application listed as an adware and a PUP (potentially unwanted program) due to several malicious actions that it performs. It is not only disturbing and annoying with all those advertisements on your favourite web browser, but malicious as well as it can lead you to some serious cyber security problems. Let’s … Continued

WalletFriends browser extension was transmitted via Chrome Web store but recently, researchers discovered that this add-on was not up to the standards of Google. The version called 1.15 was described with a single sentence, meaning that its main purpose is to pursue services of e-commerce. If you are not entirely familiar with this concept, it … Continued

“Warning! Critical update!” popup is a malicious program that was designed by cyber criminals in order to install various adware programs. Basically, it’s a message saying that your system needs a critical update and it contains a button that says “Install Update”. You may think it’s a normal system update that happens from time to … Continued

Are you distracted by the wasterestinfor.info pop-ups randomly attacking your screen? Unfortunately, the problem you currently experience with your browser may cause other dramatic consequences for your computer. The research of wasterestinfor.info leads the majority of computer security blogs to the conclusion that this particular website is directly involved in browser hijacking. This results in … Continued

Do you see pop-ups on your screen that are labeled as being from “Watch-this.live”? Watch-this.live hijacks browser notifications, then it uses them to spam people with annoying and even dangerous ads. To stop it, you need to go into your browser settings and block notifications from all versions of Watch-this.live, and avoid such malicious sites … Continued

Watch-video.net is a dangerous website that hijacks browser notification settings in order to spam browsers with advertisements. If your browser is hijacked by Watch-video.net, it can look as if you have an adware virus on your device. Luckily, things are not quite that bad. Although Watch-video.net is not necessarily dangerous, it does show low-quality ads, some … Continued

Weather Do is presented as free and useful tool that should enhance your web browsing experience. However, it is not true – Weather Do is listed as an adware, so once inside of your computer it will flood your web browsers with tons of ads. If you have recently discovered that your computer is infected with Weather Do but you … Continued

Weather for Chrome (a.k.a Chrome Weather) adware virus is a browser extension for Chrome. It is associated with a bunch of other similar applications: for instance, it shares the exact same function with an Always Weather plugin. Both of them can be found in Chrome Web Store. However, we do not think that this is … Continued

WeatherBug is a weather app developed by the Earth Networks company. It is advertised as a helpful utility that provides you with weather forecasts for locations all around the globe. It can help you find data from satellites and maps, live cameras, photos and videos of popular places, and other useful and amusing content. Although … Continued

Web Connect is a browser plugin that can be added to popular browsers like Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. The program was designed to track some information about some information about users’ surfing on the Internet habits. It also tries to redirect users to various websites. Usually it manages to get into computers … Continued

Web-explore.com is a search engine that appears in your browser uninvited and shows way too many ads. These ads are irrelevant and, sometimes, unsafe. To get rid of Web-explore.com ads and redirects, check your browser and computer for malware. Web-explore.com issues and removal: Classification Adware. Problems with Web-explore.com Too many ads, uses your data for targeted … Continued

Web Shield is an adware program that is known to infiltrate into computers bundled with a number of freeware applications, without asking users’ permission. It is a tool that says to enhance your browsing experience, but the truth is it seeks to get information about users’ browsing habits and, according to that, promote various commercial … Continued

Web Waltz is another program developed by SuperWeb LLC that uses unfair methods to earn money. The program can be added to your Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome and once there it offers providing you with the best deals and offers to purchase various things or get services online. Unfortunately, Web Waltz only … Continued

WebAgentSearch is Mac malware. It arrives disguised as a trusted program and tricks people to install it. Then, WebAgentSearch changes browser settings and sets itself to be reinstalled if you ever try to remove it. Luckily, WebAgentSearch can still be relatively easily removed – you just need to delete a few files and settings that it … Continued

WebBar is a third-party program that adds a web search bar to the top of your desktop. It can be useful in some ways, but it does have a few problems. One is that it sometimes gets installed without the user’s knowledge or agreement. Another is that it messes with internet search results in a … Continued

WebCake is an adware that is supposed to improve your browsing experience but in fact the program creates lots of problems on your system. Although it claims to be a great tool that can provide you the best offers and discount coupons, as well as an option to compare prices of certain products and services, … Continued

WebDiscover is described by its authors as a browser that broadens your horizons and allows you to experience everything the web has to offer. WebDiscover is based on the Chromium browser, therefore, its user interface is familiar to many. In addition, it boasts of useful features like a VPN service, weather forecasts, music streaming, and … Continued

Webget is an adware designed by SuperWeb LLC. The owners of it state that this app is supposed to display website trust rating, associated content incorporating websites, permit discount coupons, comparison shopping and provide other beneficial capabilities in order to make user browsing experience better and as their slogan says “Get Tasks Done Faster with … Continued

Webload.world pop-up windows are often referred to as a virus. However, the term “push notifications” is a more correct definition in this case. Sometimes push notifications are legitimate, as long as they are the part of legitimate websites. For example, you could be interested in the latest arrivals to your favorite online store, so the … Continued

Webout.life is a dangerous ad spammer that abuses web push notifications. If allowed to send notifications, Webout.life fills the screen with unwanted and often dangerous ads. To stop them, you need to revoke notification permissions from Webout.life and all the other malicious websites, as well as to check your computer for adware. For the future, … Continued

Webpass ads virus is one more adware that is installed to computers without users consent and permission. The program infiltrates into computers bundled with free software. It can be added to Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browsers. Many people call it a virus but the truth is it is an annoying adware program … Continued

WebSaver adware virus is similar to other ad-displaying infections: Coupons Free and Grocery Coupons. From these titles, you can already predict the type of software these tools represent. All of these applications pledge to serve printable and mail coupons, together with weekly flyers, surveys and rewards. Tools are classified as adware parasites () that influence … Continued

Websearch.searcholic.info virus is a browser hijacker, which main goal is to advertise sponsored websites. Whenever you make a search using it, instead of providing regular search results, like Google or other well-know search engines, Websearch.searcholic.info virus will include numerous sponsored links among regular search result. The creators of this hijacker are making financial profit whenever … Continued

Websearches.club is a dubious search engine that might appear in the address bar of your browser. You might even see it deliver your internet search results. But it’s likely that it showed up uninvited. Websearches.club works, but it has a lot of problems. It lacks features, shows too many ads, does not make its privacy … Continued

WebSpades is an adware program that was developed by Superweb LLC who have released quite a few similar applications, like Spring Smart or Albrechto, that work practically identically. WebSpades is presented as a tool that was created to enhance your browsing experience. It offers such features as comparing prices of items that you can purchase … Continued

WebTouch ads may show up on your web browser if your computer is infected with this adware. It can be added to all most popular web browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. By definition, WebTouch should enhance your browsing experience by providing you with various deals and coupons and save both your … Continued

Webwise is an adware program that gets installed to random systems together with spam emails attachments or bundled with freeware applications. The program is added to Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome browsers and badly affects entire computer’s performance. Webwise displays tons of pop ups which redirect to affiliate websites once you click on … Continued

WeDownload Manager Pro is another potentially unwanted program that can be added to your Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome without your consent. The application considerably slows down your computer and may change your homepage and default search provider to search.conduit.com. Some of the users have reported that they are also receiving numerous ads … Continued

Weevah2.top website has been reported to open numerous tabs and pop-ups for Internet users, especially the ones that are utilizing Google Chrome. It has been estimated (by Alexa ranking-system), that the website receives approximately 7,841,818 (other sources indicated 3 676 444) unique visitors which translates into income of $ 26,853.02. Mostly people from India, Indonesia … Continued

Whateveryf.info pop-ups might be bothering you if your computer is infected with adware virus. On the other hand, you can simply visit a website that is redirecting users to this pop-up and this is the reason why you are seeing the ads. Either way, those pop-ups are dangerous and can lead you to unwanted consequences. … Continued

White Trader is an adware program that enters computers without users’ permission, changes your system settings and causes some unwanted actions there. The program mainly interrupts user’s activity by displaying different ads that provide information about various coupons, offers, promotions, etc. The problem with these messages is that they contain links to the websites that … Continued

WhiteCoupon might look as useful application at first sight, but it’s just another malware that is officially listed as an adware. Once installed it will flood all your web browsers with annoying advertisements. Those ads are not only annoying, but malicious as well, slo if you don’t want to face some more severe cyber security damage … Continued

Wild West is another malicious application officially listed as an adware, so you should not keep it installed on your computer. Due to this application you can get yourself into some real trouble. So if you want to avoid this happening, remove this threat from your computer as soon as possible. In case you have … Continued

“Warning!” Wallpaper is a fake notification created by rogue anti-spyware application called WinBlueSoft. It claims that your computer is infected with spyware and that your data is available fr forensics. Of course, this WinBlueSoft warning should be ignored and the rogue itself must be removed from your computer immediately.  “Warning!” Wallpaper reads: “Warning! Your’re in … Continued

Window Frame is an adware-type application. Like all adware programs it is regarded as PUP/PUA – a potentially unwanted program or a potentially unwanted application. The developer of Window Frame, SuperWeb LLC, claims the application to be a somewhat price optimization utility, providing you with competitive price offers when you surf e-commerce websites (e.g. Amazon, … Continued

“Windows PC Repair” pop-up can be put in the bucket with a label ‘‘scareware’’. As it is obvious from its title, this rogue app is aimed at the users of Windows operating system. “Windows PC Repair” pop-up shows you a window with a warning, which states that your computer’s system has been infected with a … Continued

‘Windows protected your PC’ is a typical online scam elaborated by online criminals who intend to trick you into wasting your money for nothing. The pop-up is also referred to as a fake tech-support alert. The scam is distributed by means of deceptive websites, whereas the pop-ups that deliver the ‘Windows protected your PC’ message … Continued

Windows-rescue.info is a site that will most likely open up in your browser after you browse some online video streaming site. It will present to each user differently, for some being a redirect virus to an advertisement, for some as a fake news web page or even a scam. There are a few reasons why … Continued

The “Windows Security Alert” popup is a misleading piece of information, displayed by some fake online system scanners, most recently Allinonesecurityv.com, which has made it it’s job to sell the rogue anti-spyware program Personal Antivirus. About “Windows Security Alert” popup We can clearly see that Internet was never a safe place to completely relax and forget … Continued