Month January 2016

Kaboom Travel Deals - a malicious program that comes as an extension to the browser without the user's consent. Kaboom Travel Deals hijacks popular browsers, e.g. Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. After penetrating the computer, this program starts to display banners, coupons and pop-ups, which may relate to a popular partner sites (eBay, AliExpress, and so on).

What is Savers Junction? Savers Junction is a potentially unwanted program that comes into your computer without yours consent. Savers Junction hijacks your browser (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome). It can modify the browser settings and change the…

SunnyDay is a browser extension that, if probing deeper, appears to be an adware. Users may get easily tricked by well-planned official description of the product. The developers say that the application is created to broaden the web experience by searching through main shopping websites and providing the user with the information about best prices and discount coupones. For generating ads SunnyDay emlploys virtual layer technique.

Microworks PC is yet another ad-supported potentially unwanted application. It uses a virtual layer to generates ads above pages’ content forcing user to click the commercials first. These ads are designed so that even a click on X mark will cause a redirection. A user will be forwarded to a website of Microworks PC partners who need to promote their domains.