Adware

You've Made The 5-billionth Search is a message presented on one of many scam pages. The target of such messages is to fool inexperienced users into thinking that they are the winners of unique giveaways. Being on this page, users can see a friendly-environment with lots of particles flying around to make the scam look much more authentic. It also displays information about previous winners (Brad Jenkins) with Samsung KU6179 Ultra HD TV. Users, who have ostensibly been nominated for the winning spots, are offered to randomly choose one of the 3 gifts. After doing so, the site will more likely redirect you to the prize page. Oftentimes this is a brand new iPhone or Samsung smartphones. If you accept the gift, you will face another fake web-site asking to enter personal details (name, delivery address, banking info, etc.). You should never give such information to web-sites that that. Otherwise, it can be collected and sold to cybercriminals for revenue purposes. Thus, if you see the "You've Made The 5-billionth Search" pop-up scam repeatedly, it is necessary to scan for unwanted software on your PC and delete it as soon as possible. Below, you will find instructions to do this.

Windows Defender Security Center as a fake security message promoted on many scam pages. Such pages may look similar to official websites like Microsoft, but have no actual relation to them. A scheme like this has been employed by many cybercriminals to trick inexperienced users into downloading unreliable security software. The page shows some threats have been detected saying they are urgent to be addressed. Fraudulent figures ask their victims to call their customer line and get live guidelines on how to remove the threats. After reaching out to them, cybercriminals may tell you whatever they want and make users believe in fake information. It is more likely they will attempt to extort money for fake security software or other services that may be provided. In fact, your system might be fully safe and does not need any fix or assistance whatsoever. Thus, it is important to ignore messages like "Windows Defender Security Center". Note that scam pages may employ special scripts to prevent users from closing the page in traditional steps. If you face problems closing the visited website, try to force-quit your browser via Task Manager or simply reboot your PC, instead. In case you became a victim of a scam or cannot get rid of such messages, follow our guide to restore PC safety and remove all traces from unwanted software that could be unintentionally installed.

As claimed by developers, "Advanced ScreenSnapshot is the most convenient way to take a customizable screenshot". While this application may provide the promised screenshot-related features indeed, its distribution means employed by the creators make it categorized as an adware-type program. The reasons for that are virtual layers abused by cybercriminals to display obtrusive and irrelevant ads over innocent pages. Advanced ScreenSnapshot may be able to promote various banners and ads redirecting users to unwanted or even dangerous pages. Adware applications are also notorious for their ability to track and gather sensitive data (e.g. passwords, IP addresses, geolocations, etc.). Users having Advanced ScreenSnapshot installed may be susceptible to the above-mentioned threats to a tangible extent. It is also worth noting that Advanced ScreenSnapshot might not be the only adware application being spread around the web. It may very well have several clones promoting unwanted changes under the disguise of useful capabilities. We, therefore, recommend you deal with ScreenSnapshot and delete it from your computer as soon as possible. More information on this can be found in our guidelines below.

AdBlock 360 is the name of a browser extension categorized as adware. This is due to its fake ad-blocking capabilities. Developers claim this browser extension will help you establish a better surfing experience by removing unwanted ads, banners, pop-ups, and other types of intrusive content. Unfortunately, AdBlock 360 does completely the opposite. It takes over browser settings to promote its own advertisements, surveys, coupons, pop-ups, and banners leading to suspicious pages. Adware uses this scheme to generate profits on collected visits. It is also possible that AdBlock 360 is able to track and therefore gather browsing data for future abuse. Data like IP-addresses, passwords and geolocation may leak to fraudulent servers and become useful for third-party figures. Thus, we highly advise you to not trust AdBlock 360's activity and remove it as soon as possible. Follow our guide below to do it correctly and without traces.

Also known as Tag Search, Key Tag is a browser hijacker designed to change your default search provider. Put differently, instead of having search queries redirected through regular engines like Google or Yahoo.com, users are forced to face other dubious domains. Key Tag was spotted to navigate users' queries through two suspicious domains - keysearchs.com and search-land.com. Such modifications assigned by hijackers are most likely used to generate illegal traffic and earn money from it. Also, Key Tag may use its capabilities to forward users to many potentially unwanted or dangerous pages. Resources of such may be designed to promote fake push notifications, dubious ads, or malicious software. Although Key Tag is not a virus itself, its capabilities are more than enough to make your PC face serious risks. Thus, we strongly advise you to immediately wipe its operation and restore a safe browsing experience. Do it using our full-fledged guide below.

Being part of the AdLoad malware family, ComputingInteractive is an adware application developed for Mac. This kind of software is designed to display various ads and redirect users to sponsored pages. This is done by analyzing users' location and browsing habits based on previous sessions. As a rule, ads promoted by ComputingInteractive diminish browser experience significantly - it is common to see them push redirects to unwanted, scam, or malicious websites that expose your system to various threats. Their generation may also require extra system resources causing a computer to lag and work slower. It is also possible that adware like ComputingInteractive has some traits of browser hijackers that substitute default search engines and browser homepages. Furthermore, since adware has access to browser settings, it may be able to track various kinds of intel. In other words, it can surveil and gather sensitive data entered while surfing the web. Information like passwords, IP-addresses, and geolocations may be collected and abused for monetary purposes as a result. In sum, ComputingInteractive is not a virus itself, however, its capabilities may be enough to promote malware and create massive privacy threats. Thus, we strongly encourage you to remove it and restore safe browsing experience with our guidelines below.

Bloom is a sneaky application developed to promote unwanted advertising content. Users may end up having this application installed as a result of downloading some third-party software from the net. Software with advertising abilities is often categorized as adware. It aims at generating traffic by displaying intrusive content to users who browse the web. The kind of content usually depends on users' geolocations and browsing habits. Bloom may show advertisements even on legitimate and official pages like Youtube, Facebook, and other websites by using virtual layers. The shown advertisements may sometimes look nice, but conceal unwanted redirects to adult pages, online casinos, web games, fake software updates/installers, and tons of other low-quality content. Operation of adware inside of a system may also mean lower PC performance due to higher consumption of CPU and Memory resources. If you feel yourself being a victim of Bloom adware with the symptoms we listed above, then use our guide below to perform its removal and restore normal computer experience.

Search App is categorized as adware. It claims it helps users to improve their browsing experience by exploring millions of popular websites. In fact, Search App has no better quality compared to default browser features. It is an unwanted browsing app simply designed to promote unwanted content like ads, coupons, banners, and pop-ups. Generation of search queries entered in Search App is performed using unwanted blpsearch.com or legitimate search.yahoo.com. Developers of Search App use them to fabricate traffic and earn money on displayed advertisements. In addition, using Search App does not guarantee safe storage of data entered during the session. This means the rogue application may be able to access your passwords, IP addresses, geolocations, and browser history. If Search App got installed on your system without permission or you did it by accident, follow our instructions below to delete it immediately. Further interaction with this software may lead to privacy leaks and other sensitive threats.