Malware Categories: Adware

YouBoost is promised to be useful free tool to accelerate your downloads, but this description is completely wrong. This application is listed as an adware, so if you have it installed on your computer, it can cause you some severe cyber security damage. It is not very difficult to tell whether your PC is infected with YouBoost or … Continued

Yourmonday scam is a fake alert attacking the majority of popular browsers. There is a great probability that the alert is generated by means of the adware enabled in your system. It is hard to specifically assert what exact adware is involved in this, whereas you may check the list of your available programs and … Continued

Yourniceposts.com is an advertising website that shows pop-up ads with the help of browser notifications. It looks like a news site, but it has no original content. Advertising appears to be its main purpose. Yourniceposts.com’s ads are intrusive and could sometimes be unsafe. you can stop them by changing your browser preferences in the notifications … Continued

Yourviralnewz.com is an adware virus that shows ads in people’s browsers. More accurately, Yourviralnewz.com is an advertising website that takes over the settings of web browsers. This allows it to send unwanted messages to those hijacked browsers. The fix to Yourviralnewz.com ad spam is simpler than some people suggest – all you need to do … Continued

Yourwownewz.com is an advertising site that uses notifications to flood your screen with pop-up ads. It advertises dubious sites, showing pop-ups on your screen at random intervals. You can stop Yourwownewz.com from showing you ads by changing your browser settings. Considering the sites surrounding Yourwownewz.com, it’s recommended to check your device for malware, too. Yourwownewz.com … Continued

“Youtube Reward Center” scam is presented as a page, belonging to Youtube. It claims that every Tuesday, exclusive Internet/communication companies randomly select a number of lucky users from the US. This message is similar to a bunch of other hoaxes we have discussed: “Amazon Rewards Event” or “Google Rewards Centre”. If selected people do not … Continued

Youtubemp4.to is a YouTube video downloader. It is simple compared to similar sites, only converting to one type of file — MP4. Like a lot of the other YouTube converters and downloaders, Youtubemp4.to is related to a lot of low-quality advertisements and some unsafe websites that should be avoided. Is Youtubemp4.to safe? The website itself does … Continued

YouTubeNoAds is an adware program that is secretly installed to computers and displays tons of ads when you browse the Internet. It can be installed to Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome together with various freeware. Since this kind of programs often come bundled with other software, users can easily avoid downloading them. You … Continued

Youtubetomp3music.com is a video converter site that allows users to download content from online video sites. Youtubetomp3music.com is mostly safe to use, except for some of the ads that it shows. Like other pirating and converter sites, such as Convert2mp3 and MP3Juices, the ads that it displays lead to unwanted software, scam sites, and browser hijackers. In … Continued

YTMp3 is an online video and audio converter. YTMp3 works, but it has a problem: sometimes, it serves potentially unsafe ads, including links to scams and phishing sites. YTMp3 can use notifications to display ads even when you’re not visiting the site. Bad ads can trick users into installing malware, having their information stolen, or losing money … Continued

You can recognize Yubby virus by the sudden slower working browser and system, excessive amounts of ads saying that they are sponsored by Yubby, pop-ups, redirects, and promotions offering items/services that you have just searched/ talked about with someone online. These signs are the typical features of an adware virus, which not only does malvertising, … Continued

Z-videos.fun is a website that sends unwanted ads to infected web browsers. It tricks people into subscribing to its ads and it promotes other malicious sites similar to itself. If it hijacks your browser, it can really negatively affect your web browsing experience. Luckily, you can stop Z-videos.fun from showing unwanted ads by changing your … Continued

Zacinlo adware is not a new virus in the cyber world. Actually, it has quite a history. Since 2012 malware hunters noticed over 2500 samples with 25 different components. Slowly Zacinlo kept improving and by the end of 2017 reached its activity peak. Now the Zacinlo virus has been mostly seen in the USA, but … Continued

Zfirst-news.com is a site that’s responsible for pushing a flood of ads in some people’s browsers because those people unwittingly allowed notifications from Zfirst-news.com to be shown to them. The Zfirst-news.com virus uses manipulation and deception to get this agreement. The site promotes malware, fraudulent products and services, and other adware. Not to mention Zfirst-news.com’s … Continued

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

Zippy Zarp is another adware that causes tons of popups when you browse the Internet. Most of them are displayed on shopping websites, for example, Ebay, Amazon or Walmart. At first, you may think that Zippy Zarp will be useful and these ads will help you to spend less money. However, you should know that … Continued

Zippyshare.com is a file hosting and download site. You can upload files on it and download files from it, you just need the link pointing to the file. However, Zippyshare.com is full of shady and deceptive ads, including its own notification hijacker. In addition, the files that are uploaded on the site aren’t guaranteed to … Continued

You may have already read about Paladin Antivirus, rogue anti-spyware which usually imitates scanning of the system actions and reports about hundreds of various infections detected. One of these infections is Zlob.Porn.Ad, misleadingly showed for the user trying to make him scared about his PC. The main aim of Paladin Antivirus is to swindle the … Continued

Zombie News is an unwanted program that seeks to build revenue from advertising sponsored websites by displaying numerous news articles that redirect to popup ads, websites, offers, services/products pages. Adware creators get paid for every click on Zombie News Ads. However, these really annoying interruptions can redirect users to unsafe websites, which contain more malware (more … Continued

ZoomifyApp, or Zoomify, is the name of an application that’s supposed to make it easier for you to view larger versions of small images. However, after installing this application, you might notice ads that look unusual and have the “Ads by Zoomify” label. This is only one of a few signs that Zoomify is a … Continued

ZoomyLib is yet another malicious application that you should not keep installed on your computer. It is officially listed as an adware, so once installed it will flood your web browsers with various advertisements. Those ads are not only annoying, but malicious as well. it’s not very difficult to indicate whether your computer is infected or … Continued

Zooqle.com is a filesharing site that allows users to find and share files with each other in a decentralized way. Mostly, it’s used to download movies, TV shows, and games without having to pay for them. While Zooqle.com itself is not malicious, there are some things you should be aware of before using it: to … Continued

ZU-Coupon is described as a free tool that can deliver various discount coupons and best deal offers right to your web browser. It works as a browser add-on, so in order to enjoy the benefits of this cyber gadget, you will have to add it to the extensions list on your web browser. Unfortunately, ZU-Coupon is … Continued

Zulagames is one more browser add-on that claims to enhance your browsing experience, but in fact it only disturbs your work on computer. The program can be downloaded from its official website zulagames.com, that offers various online games that you can either play on the website of downlaod to your computer. However, many users have … Continued

Have you received any popups from Zulily.com offering to, get some update, take a survey or use various deals to shop online? You probably already know that you shouldn’t click on such messages. But did you know that you should not ignore them either? Zulily.com popup indicates that your computer was infected by an adware. … Continued

Zwangi is and adware that changes your browser’s performance by displaying tons of annoying pop ups and ads, interrupting your normal activity. The applications gets into computers bundled with freeware and shareware applications. It is rarely seen by the user before the installation. This happens because the users don’t always pay enough attention to the … Continued