Adware/Homepage Hijacker/Search Hijacker/Ad-Popper

Alias: Ad-Popper

Description: Adware/Homepage Hijacker/Search Hijacker/Ad-Popper is a typical Adware program which shows commercial advertisements. It has been spotted few variants of Adware/Homepage Hijacker/Search Hijacker/Ad-Popper.

Threat type:

Adware - Adware is a software application which displays advertisements on your computer. Advertisements can be displayed through pop-up / pop-under windows, additional bars or toolbars, underlined links or buttons that appear on a computer screen. Adware applications include additional code that delivers the ads. Adware authors earn money when users click on those ads. Occasionally, adware includes code that tracks user's site visits and passes it to third parties without the user's permission or knowledge.

Homepage Hijacker - A Homepage Hijacker is a software application that takes control over your browser's settings. Usually it changes your home page and redirects it to some other site or modifies your search settings. It prevents you to change browser's settings. In such hijacks, your browser may operate normally, but be much slower.

Search Hijacker - A Search Hijacker is a software application that takes control of your browser's default search engine. The search results may not necessarily be the best fit as those usually come from paid advertisements, as issued to you by the Hijacker authors. Search hijackers prevent you from changing your browser's default search engine, and they tend to slow down PC performance.

Advice: Remove This is a very high risk threat and should be removed immediately as to prevent harm to your computer or your privacy.

Detection:
SpyNoMore detects Adware/Homepage Hijacker/Search Hijacker/Ad-Popper: Yes

Threat risk: Medium Risk

Potentially dangerous malware. May collect sensitive user information and broadcast data back to a server with "opt-out" permission. Category includes most adware programs.

Symptoms:

Adware/Homepage Hijacker/Search Hijacker/Ad-Popper causes browser popups.

Adware/Homepage Hijacker/Search Hijacker/Ad-Popper changes browser settings.

Adware/Homepage Hijacker/Search Hijacker/Ad-Popper Signature Details: The following information includes some of the standard signatures associated with this spyware threat. Please do not attempt to manually remove these items from your computer; Removing these items incorrectly or partially can cause your computer to experience critical errors, prevent your computer from restarting or cause loss of Internet connectivity. Should you be infected with Adware/Homepage Hijacker/Search Hijacker/Ad-Popper, you can clean your computer by downloading SpyNoMore now.

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SpyNoMore Collected Residual File Signatures:
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See Also:
Trojan/ADE.demo joke
Dropper/Hacker Tool/Avexp
Adware/RVP
BHO/Toolbar/Search Hijacker/ShopNav
Adware/BHO/Toolbar/Cydoor.TOPicks.a
Dropper/Chiton.c
Dropper/Padic
Tracking Cookie/247RealMedia.com
Tracking Cookie/7search.com
Tracking Cookie/AdButler.com